aeriality

English

Etymology

aerial +‎ -ity

Noun

aeriality (usually uncountable, plural aerialities)

  1. The state of being aerial or airy; insubstantiality.
    • 1827, Thomas De Quincey, On Murder Considered as one of the Fine Arts:
      The very excess of the extravagance, in fact, by suggesting to the reader continually the mere aeriality of the entire speculation, furnishes the surest means of disenchanting him from the horror which might else gather upon his feelings.

References

“aeriality”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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