empyreal

Adjective
Synonyms: empyreansublime

Open English WordNet

Adjective (2)

  1. of or relating to the sky or heavens“the empyrean sphere”Synonyms: empyreanRelating to sphere
  2. inspiring awe“well-meaning ineptitude that rises to empyreal absurdity — M.S.Dworkin”“empyrean aplomb — Hamilton Basso”“the sublime beauty of the night”Synonyms: empyreansublimeOpposite ingloriousSimilar glorious
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Em·pyr′e·al adjective

Origin: L. empyrius, empyreus, fiery, Gr. …, …, in fire, fiery; … in + … fire. See In, and Fire.

Formed of pure fire or light; refined beyond aërial substance; pertaining to the highest and purest region of heaven.

Go, soar with Plato to the empyreal sphere.— Alexander Pope

Empyreal air, oxygen gas.

Em·pyr′e·al noun

Empyrean. Eliz. Barrett Browning

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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