ATMOSPHERE
ADJECTIVES
► AERIAN belonging to the atmosphere or air → 1618
► BENAUT of the atmosphere: close, oppressive, moist and warm → 1969 Amer. dial.
► DEAD-LOWN of the atmosphere: quite still → 1820 Sc.
► VIBEY fashionably atmospheric → 1999 UK sl.
NOUNS
► AEROGRAPHY the study of the atmosphere or air → 1735
► AEROSPHERE the atmosphere; the body of air that surrounds the earth → 1799
► ATMOS atmosphere or ambience; used in a positive fashion → 1990 sl., orig. teen usage
► DINDLE the reflection in the atmosphere on a hot day → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ELEMENT the atmosphere, sky, air, heavens; weather → 1785 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
► VIBE ► VIBES the atmosphere created by any event, mood; nuances intimately related to all senses → 1960 US sl.
► VIBRATIONS the atmosphere generated by an event, mood; nuances intimately related to all sense → 1966 US sl.
VERBS
► VIBE 1. to give off an atmosphere → 1960 sl.
2. to create a pleasant, exciting atmosphere → 1990 sl.
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