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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

air-built en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Built upon air; lacking a solid foundation.
    • The city too, with all the glory she has derived from her misfortunes, has not been able to escape the suspicion of being nothing better than an air-built fabric, though the poet has assigned her a local habitation […] 1823, The Classical Journal, volume 27, page 1: