† aereousadj.

Forms:

α. 1500s aëreous, 1500s–1600s aereous, 1600s aerious.

β. 1600s aireous, 1600s airious.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin āereus , āerius , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin āereus (also āerius), adjective (see aerial adj.) + -ous suffix.In β. forms influenced by air n.¹

Obsolete.

Associated with or having the nature of air, considered as one of the four elements (element n. 1a); aerial.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > gas > air > [adjective]

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α.

1594 H. Plat Jewell House 81 So as the lightest or most aereous, or fierie [liquor] bee placed uppermost.

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 317 Thinne, aëreous, hot, and purging.

1655 R. Baillie Disswasive Vindic. 3 Such aerious and Topick arguments, can give no strength to a cause.

1657 R. Austen Treat. Fruit-trees (ed. 2) 104 Whatsoever is a thin, aerious, light body ascends upwards.

1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. III iii. 133 Affirming that our Bodies after the resurrection should be round, aereous, and not of the same substance they now are.

a1691 R. Boyle Gen. Hist. Air (1692) xiii. 73 Our Spirits, and the Spirits likewise of all mix'd Bodies, are really of an Aerious, Ethereal, Luminous Production and Composition.

β. 1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) ii. 395 Thin, airious [1597 aëreous], hot, and purging.1665 J. Spencer Disc. Vulgar Prophecies 34 in Disc. Prodigies (ed. 2) The vapour is more subtil and aireous.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	aereous
释义	† aereousadj. Forms: α. 1500s aëreous, 1500s–1600s aereous, 1600s aerious. β. 1600s aireous, 1600s airious. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin āereus , āerius , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin āereus (also āerius), adjective (see aerial adj.) + -ous suffix.In β. forms influenced by air n.¹ Obsolete. Associated with or having the nature of air, considered as one of the four elements (element n. 1a); aerial. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > [adjective] airlya1398 airya1398 airish1562 airsome1584 aereous1594 airous1683 α. 1594 H. Plat Jewell House 81 So as the lightest or most aereous, or fierie [liquor] bee placed uppermost. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 317 Thinne, aëreous, hot, and purging. 1655 R. Baillie Disswasive Vindic. 3 Such aerious and Topick arguments, can give no strength to a cause. 1657 R. Austen Treat. Fruit-trees (ed. 2) 104 Whatsoever is a thin, aerious, light body ascends upwards. 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. III iii. 133 Affirming that our Bodies after the resurrection should be round, aereous, and not of the same substance they now are. a1691 R. Boyle Gen. Hist. Air (1692) xiii. 73 Our Spirits, and the Spirits likewise of all mix'd Bodies, are really of an Aerious, Ethereal, Luminous Production and Composition. β. 1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) ii. 395 Thin, airious [1597 aëreous], hot, and purging.1665 J. Spencer Disc. Vulgar Prophecies 34 in Disc. Prodigies (ed. 2) The vapour is more subtil and aireous. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1594
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