1650s, from Latin pneumaticus "of the wind, belonging to the air," from Greek pneumatikos "of wind or air" (which is attested mainly as "of spirit, spiritual"), from pneu [..]

In the novel "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley, the word 'pneumatic' was used to describe the sensation of sex with the main female character Lenina. In this context [..]

A clever way to call someone an airhead (playing off the traditional meaning of pneumatic, which is, "pertaining to or filled with air.") Usually used in reference to women who are b [..]

The word you know how to spell because you watched "Neither a Borrower Nor a Speller Bee" (The Suite Life of Zack and Cody: Season 2, Episode 12) so much.

adj. Pertaining to or consisting of air or gas.

(gnosticism) In gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man the highest type; a person focused on spiritual reality (the other two being hylic and psychic).

(adj) of or relating to or using air (or a similar gas)

filled with air pockets

Actuated or operated by compressed air or other gas.

Any system using regulated compressed air as a working medium.

1. Adjective describing a musical instrument which is operated automatically by the action of wind pressure or suction (as opposed to mechanical). 2. Small bellows, especially one used in a pneumatic [..]

Operated by hydraulic (liquid) pressure along tubes.

Operated by air pressure.

ELECTRIC (PE) SWITCHES - Device that operates an electric switch from a change of air pressure.

The pneumatics ("spiritual", from Greek πνεῦμα, "spirit") were, in Gnosticism, the highest order of humans, the other two orders being psychics and hylics ("matter"). A pneumatic saw itself as [..]

containing or operated by air or gas under pressure.

Related to the movement of air.