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Which literary period first described emotional or aesthetic delicacy with the word ethereal?

ethereal

[ih-theer-ee-uhl] / ɪˈθɪər i əl /


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When Cristóbal Tapia de Veer’s ethereal score is playing, “Nuisance Bear” evokes a sacred domain where the cosmic hymn that’s always undergirded it has begun to lose its melody.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

In the ethereal second movement, “WAKE UP,” players become individual and AI spits out responses that read as ordinary electronic mimicry, but the players, if game, take that as a challenge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Volz also lavished attention on the fence, and his images of it reaching to the horizon or descending into the bay convey its ethereal beauty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Miyazaki’s tales also tend to immerse us in supernatural domains existing parallel to our own, as if reality masks more ethereal, life-affirming realms.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

Another, and the high, ethereal cheekbones appear out of the darkness.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides


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