Aeriform \A"["e]r*i*form\ (?; 277), a. [L. a["e]r air + -form:
cf. F. a['e]riforme.]
Having the form or nature of air, or of an elastic fluid;
gaseous. Hence fig.: Unreal.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
aeriform
adj 1: resembling air or having the form of air [syn: airlike]
2: 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" [syn: aerial, airy, aery, ethereal]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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