Aeriform

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]