ethereous
English
Etymology
Latin aethereus, from Ancient Greek.
Adjective
ethereous (comparative more ethereous, superlative most ethereous)
- (obsolete) Formed of ether; ethereal.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
- this ethereous mould whereon we stand
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- (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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- tree house, treehouse