What is the meaning of aeriform?

adjective

  • Resembling air or having the form of air.
  • Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air.
    • usage: "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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