aery

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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aery (plural aeries)

  1. Alternative form of eyrie

Etymology 2

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From Latin āerius.

Adjective

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aery (comparative aerier, superlative aeriest)

  1. (poetic) aerial; ethereal; incorporeal; visionary.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. [], London: [] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker []; [a]nd by Robert Boulter []; [a]nd Matthias Walker, [], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: [], London: Basil Montagu Pickering [], 1873, →OCLC, lines 185–186:
      [] The Bird of Jove, ſtoopt from his aerie tour, / Two Birds of gayeſt plume before him drove: []

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