etherial

Archaic form of ethereal.

Adjective

  1. Archaic form of ethereal.
    • Sure he preſum'd of praiſe, vvho came to ſtock / Th' etherial paſtures vvith ſo fair a flock; / Burniſh'd, and bat'ning on their food, to ſhovv / The diligence of carefull herds belovv. - 1687, [John Dryden], “[The...
    • Etherial visitants of earth, / Foiled benefactors, proves your worth / But sundry texts, disowned in mart, / Light scratched, not graved on man's hard heart? - 1876, Herman Melville, “Canto XVIII. The Hill-side.”, in...

Origin

From ether + -ial.

Forms

more etherial most etherial