levity

Roget-categorie 320

3. Words relating to matter
› 3.1. Matter in general
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#320. Levity

zelfstandig naamwoord

levity — lightness etc. adj. — imponderability, buoyancy, volatility.
feather, dust, mote, down, thistle, down, flue, cobweb, gossamer, straw, cork, bubble, balloon — float, buoy — ether, air.
leaven, ferment, barm^†, yeast.
lighter-than-air balloon, helium balloon, hydrogen balloon, hot air balloon.
convection, thermal draft, thermal.

werkwoord

be light etc. adj. — float, rise, swim, be buoyed up.
render light etc. adj. — lighten, leaven.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

light, subtile, airy — imponderous^†, imponderable — astatic^†, weightless, ethereal, sublimated — gossamery — suberose^†, suberous^† — uncompressed, volatile — buoyant, floating etc. v. — portable.
light as a feather, light as a thistle, light as air — lighter than air — rise like a balloon, float like a balloon

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