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[hiromichi]

I do not understand "ethery" below. I wonder if it is a typographical error for another word.
REVERE: "Warren Buffet is an investment manager revered by investors throughout the US." This is a respect so special as to require considerable age, so Bob Hope might be a revered comedian but Jim Carrey has not attained that ethery plateau yet.
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Hiromichi

[Mister Micawber]

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No typo. Ethery plateau = exalted level. Ether is the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies.
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[hiromichi]

Mister Micawber, Thank you. In English-Japanese dictionaries adjective forms are only "etherish" and "etherishlike."
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Hiromichi

[Mister Micawber]

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Etherishlike?!-- surely not! Standard English online dictionaries (Merriam-Webster, Oxford, Cambridge, American Heritage) only recognize etheric.

You should graduate to an Advanced Learner's dictionary as soon as possible. Japanese-English dictionaries are a constant obstacle to my classes.
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"I really do not know that anything has ever been more exciting than diagramming sentences." � Gertrude Stein
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Canadian-American who teaches English for a living at Mr Micawber's