ethereal
adjective
[ ɪˈθɪərɪəl ]
• extremely delicate and light in a way that seems not to be of this world.
• "her ethereal beauty"
Similar:
delicate,
exquisite,
dainty,
elegant,
graceful,
beautiful,
lovely,
fragile,
airy,
gossamer,
gossamery,
light,
fine,
diaphanous,
thin,
tenuous,
subtle,
insubstantial,
shadowy,
• (of a solution) having diethyl ether as a solvent.
• "sodium is dissolved in ethereal solutions of aromatic ketones"
Origin:
early 16th century: via Latin from Greek aitherios (from aithēr ‘ether’) + -al.
