ethereous

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English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin aethereus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek.

Adjective

ethereous (comparative more ethereous, superlative most ethereous)

  1. (obsolete) Formed of ether; ethereal.
    • (Can we date this quote by Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      this ethereous mould whereon we stand
  2. (obsolete, chemistry) Of or resembling ether.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ethereous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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