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ether

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"Old anesthetic compound"

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈiː.θə/Part of speech nounSorted eehrtStarts with EEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a colorless volatile highly flammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic

Word origin

From Old French ether, from Latin aether (“the upper pure, bright air”), from Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “upper air”), from αἴθω (aíthō, “to burn, shine”). Doublet of Aether.

Used in a sentence

  • On Wings the Birds through Æther glide, / And Fiſhes cut with Fins the Tide.
  • Of the mysterious world, that come to me From the elements of Fire and Earth and Water, And the all-nourishing Ether!
  • There’s a very real chance that, rather than crumbling into the dust and floating off into the ether, Thanos’s victims [in the film Avengers: Infinity War] were actually sucked up into the Soul Stone.

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