Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ætheric

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: æther-ic
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Obsolete form of etheric.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Hence, by analogy, we argue a psychical being as a dynamic cause in an ætheric vehicle which is a link between soul and matter ; and here we have the suggestion of an immediate cause of Body and Expression of Human Personality in an ætheric counterpart of the visible body necessary as the only agent that can enter into direct and active relation with Matter as electricity or magnetism can so associate themselves."

Etymology

From æther + -ic.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: æther

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more ætheric (comparative) most ætheric (superlative)

Questions

What does ætheric mean?: Obsolete form of etheric.
Where does ætheric come from?: From æther + -ic.

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