adj. Pertaining to air, or having a form similar to that of air.
adj. Light, unsubstantial, or unstable.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Having the form or nature of air, or of an elastic fluid; gaseous. Hence fig.: Unreal.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Having the form or nature of air, or of an elastic invisible fluid; gaseous. The gases are aƫriform fluids.
Figuratively, unsubstantial; unreal.
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adj. characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
adj. resembling air or having the form of air
Word Usage
"Arguing thus, Priestley, of course, named the new aeriform substance _dephlogisticated air_, and thought of it as ordinary air deprived of some, or it might be all, of its phlogiston."