Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: estimable – ether
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estimable, adj. [see esteem, v. + estimate, v.] (webplay: taken, two).
Valuable; worthy; deserving; capable of merit.
estimate (-s), n. [see estimate, v.] (webplay: comparative, friend, known, land, men).
Computation; rating; reputation; educated guess; probable outcome; judgement without ascertainment.
estimate (-s, -ing), v. [L.] (webplay: different, distance, friend, known, loss, thing).
Approximate; gauge; assess; calculate; guess; forecast; value; appreciate; inspect; judge; take account of.
estrange (-d), v. [past participle form for passive voice; see strange, adj.] (webplay: cease, know).
- Kept at a distance.
- Lost; withdrawn.
- Withheld from; unfamiliar with; foreign to.
- Separated; alienated; removed; bereft; severed; detached.
estranging, verbal adj. [see strange, adj.]
Distant; reserved; unusual; foreign.
etching (-s), n. [Du. etsen to cause to eat or be eaten.] (webplay: places).
Engraving; impressions; markings; writings; [fig.] memories.
eternal, adj. [OFr < L. ævum, age.]
- Infinite; constant; endless; unchanging; [kenning “the Eternal Rule”] Deity; God; the Supreme Being; the King of Heaven.
- Everlasting; lasting; enduring; without beginning or end.
- Forever; without end of existence; continuing before and after life.
- Static; stationary; firm; steadfast; immoveable; immutable.
eternally, adv. [see eternal, adj.]
Ceaselessly; constantly; forever; without end; continuing throughout existence.
eternity (eternities, -'s), n. [see eternal, adj.]
- Life after death; [fig.] the Promised Land; (see Isaiah 57:15).
- Heaven; paradise; infinite space; endless expanse of the sky; [word play on “East of Eden] Paradise; the Garden of Eden; a new heaven and a new earth.
- Everlasting life; continuous existence.
- Realms of faith; unseen dimensions of love.
- Eternal life; era of never-ending love.
- Infinity; living forever.
- Endless grief; seemingly relentless sorrow; the depths of despair.
- Charity; perfection; purity of heart; holiness to the Lord; all-encompassing covenant relationship of respect, devotion, and affection; [fig.] poetry; philology; [metaphor] the Beloved; You; Thou.
- Perfect love; complete fulfillment; covenant union; spiritual consummation of which human marriage is symbolic; [fig.] entrance into the presence of God.
- Immortality; never-ending life; state of being that transcends mortal life and death.
- Constant activity; endless business; [fig.] monotony; droning existence.
- Resurrection; restoration of the soul to its divine potential; reunion of the mortal body and the immortal spirit.
- Pre-existence; pre-mortal life; incomprehensible state of the soul before birth.
- Deity; God; the Divine Being; the Savior who liberates mortals from evil and death.
- Endless perspective; never-ending future; infinite progression; dimension beyond time and space; view of worlds within worlds and universes within universes.
- Very long time; seemingly endless duration.
- Creation; cosmos; [fig.] Dasein; intelligence, truth, light, being, and love.
- Sanctification; consecration; blessedness; baptism; confirmation; divine investiture; endowment as a child of God; anointing as an heir in the Kingdom of God; [fig.] the windows of heaven.
- Timelessness; all-encompassing time; period before birth, during life, and after death; [fig.] ocean upon ocean of reality.
ether, adj. [see ether, n.] (webplay: God, shine).
- Watery; humid; moist; [fig.] spiritual; immortal; infinite; eternal; endless; everlasting; heavenly; celestial; otherworldly; beyond mortality; outside the earth.
- Atmospheric; of air; of sky; of clouds.
- Light; soft; fragile; airy; feathery; gauzy; delicate; dainty; exquisite; gossamer.