Word of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. It’s a fun way to improve vocabulary by learning new words every week.
To participate, simply do a post with your word and leave the link to it as a comment on Heena’s WOW post.
Here is my WOW for this week:
Word: Ethereal
Part of Speech: Adjective
(Adverb: ethereally. Noun: ethereality; etherealness)
Pronunciation: e – the – re -al (ih – theer – ee – uh – l)
Meaning:
1. Extremely light or delicate, especially in an unnatural way; refined
2. Of the celestial spheres; heavenly
3. Relating to, containing, or resembling a chemical ether
Synonyms:
1. ghostly, vaporous, wraithlike, waiflike, bodiless, fragile, frail, intangible, immaterial, incorporeal, diaphonous, non-physical
2. spiritual, sublime, divine, holy, Elysian, unearthly, otherworldly
Antonyms:
Substantial, earthly, worldy, corporeal, concrete, tangible, material
Word Origin:
First documented use in English 1505-15 > Latin aethere (us) > Greek aithérios
Use in a sentence:
1. Sarah gazed at the ethereal wings of a dragonfly.
2. Beyond the stars is the ethereal realm of the divine. (As in fantasy, mythology etc.)
3. Deborah was small, fair and ethereal.
4. The stained-glass windows gave the church an ethereal glow
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Note. This word is not to be confused with ephemeral, which means transitory or short- lived – like a mayfly. I like both words and the ways in which they can be used.
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Millie Thom 
And I just learned a new word 🙂
Thank you for reading. Perhaps you’ll be able to use it in your writing sometime. I think it’s a pretty word 🙂
I agree. I like it…
Wonderful post and interesting!
Thank you, PJ. It’s a word I’ve liked for a long time. I also like ephemeral. I’ll be thinking of a word beginning with f next week, (I’m going through the alphabet). 🙂
That’s cool! Great idea.
Thanks for explanation en illustration too. I think I can learn a lot from these words because my vocabulary is very slim!
If it helps your vocabulary Scrapydo, then I’m happy. I agree that ‘Woof’ and ‘Grrrr’ could be construed as a ‘slim’ vocabulary. 🙂
Imagination helps for those words. Scnauzers are also known for a whole wide vocabulary range! Ha ha
I thoroughly enjoy these WOW posts!
That’s good to know, Ashley. Thank you. I enjoy doing them. Words are fascinating things and I like playing around with them . Whereas, numbers and me are rarely on speaking terms! 🙂
Another interesting word added to my mind 😉 Thank you so much Millie! ❤
Good to know
Such a great word Millie! I’ve always loved the feel this word has. I’ve come across it a lot and it was a great choice on your part to have it for WOW!
Thanks 🙂
Thank you for that nice comment! I’m running late with my replies this week, so sorry for not getting back to you sooner. Hope you are well, whether you’re travelling at present or at home. 🙂
No worries…. happens to me all the time 🙂
Have a great day!
Great post , Millie! I love the word ‘ethereal’ and spiders, too, except for the poisonous red-back spider and the deadly funnel web.
Such an interesting word! I LOOOOOVE language 🙂
Thanks Christy. I haven’t done a WOW post for a year now and ought to start them up again. I enjoyed doing them. Ethereal is a lovely, evocative word.