airlikeadj.

Brit.

/ˈɛːlʌɪk/, U.S.

/ˈɛrˌlaɪk/

Forms: see air n.¹ and -like suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: air n.¹, -like suffix.

Etymology: < air n.¹ + -like suffix. Compare earlier airy adj. II.

Resembling or characteristic of air.

ΘΚΠ

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

airlike1567

the world > matter > constitution of matter > lack of density > [adjective]

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subtilea1393

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finea1425

solutec1440

intenuate1471

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etherical1656

airlike1821

wire-drawn1876

1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 23 The Turches or Turcois is in colour airelike, or like to the Heauens.

a1631 J. Donne Poems (1633) 14 Working parts like mills, or limbecks hath To make the wether thinne, and airelike faith Cares not.

1684 J. Harington Grove 3 in Grecian Story Ayr-like so These earthy Lumps, our Bodies grow.

1821 P. B. Shelley Epipsychidion 15 On the air-like waves Of wonder-level dream.

1844 G. Lippard Herbert Tracy i. iv. 41 Those arms,..bared from the shoulder with their beauty gleaming through the bewitching sleeves of air-like lace.

1914 Amer. Jrnl. Theol. 18 64 Gunkel..holds that the Hebrews thought of both wind and spirit as material, but as an extremely refined airlike substance.

1966 G. L. Keyes Christian Faith & Interpr. Hist. ii. 37 Hearing is effected through a mobile airlike medium, presumably present in the air.

1994 Sci. Amer. Feb. 90/3 Van Helmont's own benchwork showed him many airlike substances he called gases.

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

单词	airlike
释义	airlikeadj. Brit. /ˈɛːlʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈɛrˌlaɪk/ Forms: see air n.¹ and -like suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: air n.¹, -like suffix. Etymology: < air n.¹ + -like suffix. Compare earlier airy adj. II. Resembling or characteristic of air. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > [adjective] > resembling airlike1567 the world > matter > constitution of matter > lack of density > [adjective] thin849 subtilea1393 airya1398 subtlea1398 rarea1400 shirec1400 finea1425 solutec1440 intenuate1471 slender1528 ethereal1590 tenuous1597 spare1602 unsolid1611 unsolute1612 tenuious1634 etherical1656 airlike1821 wire-drawn1876 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 23 The Turches or Turcois is in colour airelike, or like to the Heauens. a1631 J. Donne Poems (1633) 14 Working parts like mills, or limbecks hath To make the wether thinne, and airelike faith Cares not. 1684 J. Harington Grove 3 in Grecian Story Ayr-like so These earthy Lumps, our Bodies grow. 1821 P. B. Shelley Epipsychidion 15 On the air-like waves Of wonder-level dream. 1844 G. Lippard Herbert Tracy i. iv. 41 Those arms,..bared from the shoulder with their beauty gleaming through the bewitching sleeves of air-like lace. 1914 Amer. Jrnl. Theol. 18 64 Gunkel..holds that the Hebrews thought of both wind and spirit as material, but as an extremely refined airlike substance. 1966 G. L. Keyes Christian Faith & Interpr. Hist. ii. 37 Hearing is effected through a mobile airlike medium, presumably present in the air. 1994 Sci. Amer. Feb. 90/3 Van Helmont's own benchwork showed him many airlike substances he called gases. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1567
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