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† aˈereous, aˈerious, a. Obs. [f. L. āere-us or āeri-us, adj. f. āer air, + -ous.] Of the nature of air, airy; = aerial, of which it may be viewed as a by-form of earlier date.
1594Plat Jewell-house iii. 81 So as the lightest or most aereous, or fierie [liquor] bee placed uppermost. 1657Austen Fruit Trees i. 104 Whatsoever is a thin aerious light body ascends upwards. 1677Gale Crt. of Gentiles II. iii. 133 Affirming that our Bodies after the resurrection should be round, aereous, and not of the same substance they now are. |