terreous

English

Etymology

Adapted borrowing of Latin terreus +‎ -ous,[1] from terra + -eus. By surface analysis, terra +‎ -eous.

Adjective

terreous (comparative more terreous, superlative most terreous)

  1. (obsolete) Pertaining to earth; earthy.
    • 1646, Thomas Browne, “Compendiously of sundry other common Tenents, concerning Minerall and Terreous bodies, which examined, prove either false or dubious”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 2nd book, page 87:
      For when the ayery interſticies are filled, […] there remaines a groſſe and terreous portion at the bottome […]

References

  1. ^ “terreous, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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