Meaning of AERY
| Pronunciation: | | 'ehree
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- [n] any habitation at a high altitude
- [n] the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
- [adj] 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"
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| | Synonyms: | | aerial, aerie, aerie, aeriform, airy, ethereal, eyrie, eyrie, eyry, eyry, insubstantial, unreal, unsubstantial |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Ae"ry\, n.
An aerie.
\A"["e]r*y\, a. [See {Air}.]
A["e]rial; ethereal; incorporeal; visionary. [Poetic] --M.
Arnold.
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| | Related Terms: | | aerial, aeriform, aerodynamic, aerostatic, airish, airlike, airy, alfresco, atmospheric, breezy, ethereal, exposed, fuming, fumy, gaseous, gasified, gasiform, gaslike, gassy, light, mephitic, miasmal, miasmatic, miasmic, open-air, oxyacetylene, oxygenous, ozonic, pneumatic, reeking, reeky, roomy, smoking, smoky, steaming, steamy, tropospheric, vaporing, vaporish, vaporlike, vaporous, vapory |
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