ethereal

Everyday

Ethereal means very light, delicate and airy, as if it belongs to the sky or to a spirit rather than to the solid world. tree →

In the lessons

in tales, ethereal beings such as fairies and spirits are light and not solid; their wings, blood or voices are fine, bright and seem to float

Examples

• The fairy had ethereal wings that shone like glass. tree →
• Her voice was soft and ethereal, like a song in the mist. tree →
• The spirits in the story looked ethereal and far away. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

It means made of a fine, airy substance, like the elements before they became physical.

Interpretation. The commentator reads the world as having a fine, spiritual form above the coarse one we see.

Examples

• 26) Here is meant: ethereal air, ethereal water, ethereal fire, the macrocosm, the courses of time and microcosm. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →

Note

nothing for maths