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Poltergeist

Something Rhymes with Purple

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What's Cerulean?

Ethereal is all about ether, really. Ancient Greeks believed the heavens were made of a much purer and less tangible substance that was known as ether. When ethereal came into English in the Middle Ages, it meant the regions beyond the earth or anything that seemed to kind of come from there. It goes back to deus meaning God and the Latin divinas, God-like.

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