air-built
English
Adjective
air-built (not comparable)
- Built upon air; lacking a solid foundation.
- 1823, The Classical Journal (volume 27, page 1)
- The city too, with all the glory she has derived from her misfortunes, has not been able to escape the suspicion of being nothing better than an air-built fabric, though the poet has assigned her a local habitation […]
- 1823, The Classical Journal (volume 27, page 1)