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ethereality, etheriality|iːˌθɪərɪˈælɪtɪ|
[f. ethereal (or -ial) + -ity, after analogy of equal-ity, real-ity, etc.]
a. The quality or state of being ethereal or incorporeal, or of being beyond material grasp or analysis.
b. concr. Something that is ethereal.
1827Lytton Pelham lxxiii, Dismount me, and I become a mere clod of the earth..fire, energy, ethereality have departed. 1850L. Hunt Autobiog. II. xvi. 223 A good natured wizard..able to conjure his etherealities about him in the twinkling of an eye. 1859G. Wilson Gateways Knowl. (ed. 3) 48 A certain etheriality thus belongs pre-eminently to music. 1871Tylor Prim. Cult. I. 412 Among rude races, the original conception of the human soul seems to have been that of ethereality, or vaporous materiality.
c. nonce-use. As a mock form of address.
1806–7J. Beresford Miseries Hum. Life (1826) vii. Introd., If your Etheriality can condescend to take any interest in such earthly stuff. |