terreous

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Etymology

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From Latin terreus, from terra.

Adjective

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terreous (comparative more terreous, superlative most terreous)

  1. (obsolete) Pertaining to earth; earthy.
    • 1650, Thomas Browne, “Compendiously of sundry other common Tenents, concerning Minerall and Terreous bodies, which examined, prove either false or dubious”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: [], 2nd edition, London: [] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, [], →OCLC, 2nd book, page 68:
      For when the aiery interſticies are filled [] there remains a groſſe and terreous portion at the bottome;

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