Associations to the word «Aeriform»

Adjective

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Wiktionary

AERIFORM, adjective. Pertaining to air.
AERIFORM, adjective. Having a form similar to that of air.
AERIFORM, adjective. Light, unsubstantial, or unstable.

Dictionary definition

AERIFORM, adjective. Resembling air or having the form of air.
AERIFORM, adjective. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle; "aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than ethereal forms".

Wise words

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