terreous

English

Etymology

From Latin terreus, from terra.

Adjective

terreous (comparative more terreous, superlative most terreous)

1. (obsolete) Pertaining to earth; earthy.
   • 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Folio 2007, p. 333:

     For when the airy intersticies are filled […] there remains a gross and terreous portion at the bottom

Anagrams

• reroutes