ethereal, otherworldly, mobbed

On this day in 1969, Apollo 11 dropped safely into the pacific ocean. Neil Armstrong and his fellow astronauts on board were mobbed upon their return to earth. Read our obituary of the first man to walk on the moon http://econ.st/1GD9mmZ ‪#‎econarchive‬

A Historic Inauguration Draws Throngs To the Mall
Barack Hussein Obama took the oath of office as the nation's first African American president yesterday, summoning a vast crowd and a watching nation to the task of reviving a country in crisis.
(By Michael D. Shear and Anne E. Kornblut, The Washington Post)




HAVENS | PLYMOUTH, VT.
Tranquillity Between Killington and Okemo

By JULIA LAWLOR

Even when the throngs descend on weekends, this small town in the Green Mountains manages to maintain its ethereal calm.

Ethereal Illustrations of Iconic London Brutalist Buildings
Illustrator Thomas Danthony pays tribute to three of the city's greatest examples of Brutalism.

 mob

1. [名]
2. 1 ((集合的；単数・複数扱い))暴徒，（暴徒の）群衆，やじ馬連，乱民.
3. 2 ((略式))（人・動物・物の）群れ，集団，集まり
   • There was a mob of teenagers at the concert.
   • 演奏会には十代の若者たちが群がった.
4. 3 ((the ～))((古・軽蔑))大衆，民衆；下層民.
5. 4 ((略式))（すり・強盗などを働く）犯罪グループ，ギャング.
6. 5 ((the M-))マフィア(mafia).

1. ━━[動]（～bed, ～・bing）(他)〈人々が〉〈人・建物などに〉群がって押し寄せる［やじる］；〈人々・鳥の群れなどが〉（群がって）…を襲う
   • The crowd mobbed the embassy.
   • 群衆はどっと大使館を襲った.

1. ［ラテン語mōbile vulgus（移動する群衆，気まぐれな群衆）の短縮形］

ethereal

Line breaks: ether|eal

Pronunciation: /ɪˈθɪərɪəl /

(also etherial)

ADJECTIVE

1Extremely delicate and light in a way that seems not to be of this world:her ethereal beauty

1.1Heavenly or spiritual:ethereal, otherworldly visions

2Chemistry (Of a solution) having diethyl ether as asolvent:sodium is dissolved in ethereal solutions of aromaticketones

Origin

early 16th century: via Latin from Greek aitherios (fromaithēr 'ether') + -al.

Derivatives

ethereality

Pronunciation: /-ˈalɪti/

NOUN

etherealize

(also etherealise) VERB

ethereally

ADVERB