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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Aeriform \A"["e]r*i*form\ (?; 277), a. [L. a["e]r air + -form: cf F. a['e]riforme.] Having the form or nature of air, or of an elastic fluid; gaseous. Hence fig.: Unreal. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: aeriform adj 1: resembling air or having the form of air [syn: {airlike}] 2: characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle; "aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than ethereal forms" [syn: {aerial}, {airy}, {aery}, {ethereal}]
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