Ethereal (2007-2020)
Ethereal, from the Greek "aithérios", and from the Latin "aetherius", pure and brilliant upper air, sky, firmament.
1) adjective related to the ether; 2) poetic adjective belonging to the sky, literary use: celestial or heaven; 3) something that is vague or subtle.
At the end of the 14th century, ethereal meant "higher regions of space," from Old French ether (12th century). By 1510, it meant "coming from the higher layers of the atmosphere". The extended meaning of "light, aerial" dates from 1590. The figurative meaning "spirit-like, immaterial" originated in 1640. In ancient cosmology, ether was the element that filled all space beyond the sphere of the Moon and formed the substance of the stars and planets. Conceptualized as a purer form of fire or air or as the fifth element.
The "ethereal" refers to the layer that surrounds the Earth, linked to the sky, to the celestial. It can also be connected to something out of the natural, something out of this world, something mystical, intangible or ill-defined, sublime, extremely delicate, light or resembling air.
Ethereal, subtle, vague, gaseous, impalpable, celestial, elevated, imperceptible, incorporeal, volatile, fluid, tenuous, light, delicate, immaterial, graceful, intangible, metaphysical, incorporeal, fine, tender, soft, gradual, vaporous, small, invisible, aerial.
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