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earthliness

earthliness noun: the quality of being earthly.

Noun

earthliness (usually uncountable, plural earthlinesses)

  1. (usually) The quality of being earthly.
    • Perchance as vulturs are ſaid to ſmell the earthlineſſe of a dying corps; ſo this bird of prey reſented a worſe than earthly ſavour in the ſoul of Saul, an evidence of his death at hand.1642, Thomas Fuller, “The Witch of Endor”, in The Holy State, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Roger Daniel for John Williams, […], →OCLC, book V (The Profane State), page 371

earthliness meaning in Tamil

earthliness in Tamil

மண்ணீர்மை

Forms of earthliness

pluralearthlinesses

Origin of earthliness

From earthly + -ness.

Questions about earthliness

What does earthliness mean?
Earthliness means the quality of being earthly.
What is earthliness in Tamil?
Earthliness in Tamil is மண்ணீர்மை. See Earthliness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is earthliness?
Earthliness is a noun.
What is the plural of earthliness?
The plural of earthliness is earthlinesses.

Words near earthliness in the dictionary

  1. earthlies
  2. earthliest
  3. earthlight
  4. earthlights
  5. earthlike
  6. earthliness
  7. earthlinesses
  8. earthling
  9. earthlings
  10. earthlit
  11. earthlore

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Adapted from Wiktionary: earthliness (page history and authors); earthliness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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