aeriform
- adjective
- /ˈɛrɪfɔrm/
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aeriforme
- The aeriform clouds drifted lazily across the sky.
Examples
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The ghost appeared as an aeriform figure, drifting silently through the room.
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Artists often strive to capture the aeriform quality of dreams in their paintings.
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Her aeriform presence in his memory haunted him with a sense of loss.
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The artist described his painting as aeriform and ethereal.
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The ghost appeared as an aeriform figure, drifting silently through the room.
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Her aeriform presence in his memory haunted him with a sense of loss.
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The artist described his painting as aeriform and ethereal.
Synonyms
22
8.8
Very light and delicate in a way that seems heavenly
16
4.6
Being in the form of a gas rather than a liquid or solid
6
3.4
Very light and delicate, often seeming to float
2
7.1
Light and delicate in a way that seems not real
Looks or moves like air, being light and not solid
Light and delicate, like a soft cloud
How Airy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word aeriform comes from the roots aer- meaning 'air' and -form meaning 'shape', so it literally means 'in the shape of air'. That's why we use aeriform for things that are light, not solid, or gas-like, such as a dreamy image or a drifting ghost.