etheric en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /iˈθɛɹ.ɪk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *áitʰō Ancient Greek αἴθω (aíthō) ▲ Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.? Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr)der. Latin aethērder. English ether Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English etheric From ether + -ic.
Meanings
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Of or pertaining to the ether (all-pervading medium); composed of ether; inhabiting the ether.
"It is usually allowed that there is the natural body, as St. Paul called it, which is dissolved at death, and the etheric or spiritual body which survives and functions upon an etheric plane."
1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:Most commonly spirit beings appear in their etheric bodies, but there are many accounts of these old sorcerers calling up spirits in their fleshly bodies[.]
1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 229:In the etheric body of a yogini in meditation, the polarity is, therefore, not between the brain and the genitals, the second and sixth chakras, but between the inner sexuality of the womb and the heart.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 19:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more etheric | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most etheric | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |