ethereal
adjective/ɪˈθɪəriəl/
/ɪˈθɪriəl/
(formal)- extremely light and beautiful; seeming to belong to another, more spiritual, world
- ethereal music
- her ethereal beauty
- In a translucent sky, the domes and spires of the city looked almost ethereal.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryEthereal is used with these nouns:- beauty
Word Originearly 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek aitherios (from aithēr ‘ether’) + -al.Definitions on the go
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