aery
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]aery (plural aeries)
- Alternative form of eyrie
Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle English aery, from Latin āerius.[1]
Adjective
[edit]aery (comparative aerier, superlative aeriest)
- (poetic) Aerial; ethereal; incorporeal; visionary.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC, signature Pp, verso, lines 185–186:
- […] The Bird of Jove, ſtoopt from his aerie tour, / Two Birds of gayeſt plume before him drove: […]
References
[edit]- ^ “aery, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
