etheric
/iˈθɛɹ.ɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.11 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to the ether (all-pervading medium); composed of ether; inhabiting the ether.
Example Sentences
- ""It is usually allowed that there is the natural body, as St. Paul called it, which is dissolved at death, and the etheric or spiritual body which survives and functions upon an etheric plane.""
- "Most commonly spirit beings appear in their etheric bodies, but there are many accounts of these old sorcerers calling up spirits in their fleshly bodies[.]"
- "In the etheric body of a yogini in meditation, the polarity is, therefore, not between the brain and the genitals, the second and sixth chakras, but between the inner sexuality of the womb and the heart."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *áitʰō Ancient Greek αἴθω (aíthō) ▲ Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.? Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr)der. Latin aethērder. English ether Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English etheric From ether + -ic.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /iˈθɛɹ.ɪk/
- British English: /iˈθɛɹ.ɪk/
Inflected Forms
more etheric (comparative)
most etheric (superlative)