aery

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But across from my aery were no lights and no people, for that house was shuttered tight from attic to cellar, its dark front as expressionless as a blind face.

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  1. adjective Ethereal.
  2. noun Variant of aerie.

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  • This artefact acne abatement is today a aery school state too. —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
  • Alter your diet It is best to yield some foods that are aery in amoroso and fruitful discover of your diet. —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
  • But across from my aery were no lights and no people, for that house was shuttered tight from attic to cellar, its dark front as expressionless as a blind face. —  Helmet of Navarre
  • So from the root Springs lighter the green stalk, from thence the leaves More aery: last the bright consummate flower Spirits odorous breathes: flowers and their fruit Man's nourishment, by gradual scale sublim'd To vital spirits aspire: to animal To intellectual!--give both life and sense Fancy and understanding; whence the soul REASON receives, and reason is her being Discursive or intuitive. —  Biographia Literaria
  • More aery: last the bright consummate flower —  Biographia Literaria
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin āerius, of the air; see aerial.

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  1. Early modern English aerie; for airy, with forced spelling, in imitation of Latin aëreus, aërius, airy, aërial: see airy, aërial.
 

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