aeriform

American  

[air-uh-fawrm, ey-eer-] / ˈɛər əˌfɔrm, eɪˈɪər- /

adjective

1. having the form or nature of air; gaseous.

2. unsubstantial; unreal.

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aeriform British  

/ ˈɛərɪˌfɔːm /

adjective

1. having the form of air; gaseous

2. unsubstantial

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Etymology

Origin of aeriform

First recorded in 1780–90; aeri- + -form

Example Sentences

These aeriform songs rarely involve drums, which makes them feel timeless, at least in the short term.

From Washington Post • Mar. 27, 2023

Here, the aeriform melodies at his back feel so beautiful, the brutality of his words vanishes in the breeze.

From Washington Post • Aug. 22, 2022

For it must apparently have formed part of an aeriform mass in which they were immersed at an earlier stage of their history.

From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)

It has been observed that such stupendous discharges of aeriform and fragmentary matter may be attended with the emission of little or no lava.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various

Arguing thus, Priestley, of course, named the new aeriform substance dephlogisticated air, and thought of it as ordinary air deprived of some, or it might be all, of its phlogiston.

From The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry by Muir, M. M. Pattison