ethereal, etherIal, fæthe real

[Lat., ., œthere ( us ), and Eng. suff. -al. ] I. Ordinary Language : 1. Literally : Pertaining or relating to the ether believed to be diffused through space; containing or filled with ether. "Then sacred seemed the ethereal vault no more." Pope: E ay on Man, iii. 263. 2. Figuratively: Resembling the celestial ether. 1704 It has a peculiar aromatic odor. Insoluble in water, but di olves easily in ether, and le easily in alcohol.