unmaterial

adj

unmaterial

adj

Etymology From un- + material.

1

Not material; lacking tangible physical form.

  • Gianluca was a shadow, an unmaterial being, a thought--anything ethereal, but not a man.1895, F. Marion Crawford, Taquisara:
  • Yet whether other beings, other presences, unmaterial, imponderable, intangible, did not walk the streets along with them, is open to doubt.1919, Lucas Malet, Deadham Hard:

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