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subterraneities

subterraneities is the plural of subterraneity.

Meaning of subterraneity

Noun

subterraneity (countable and uncountable, plural subterraneities)

  1. (rare, uncountable) The quality of being subterranean.
    • SUBTERANEITY,^([sic]) a being ſubterraneous.[1721, N[athan] Bailey, “SUBTERANEITY”, in An Universal Etymological English Dictionary: […], London: […] E. Bell, J. Darby, […], →OCLC, column 1
  2. (countable, rare) Something that is subterranean.
    • Every big post office has one. Some have dozens. St. Martin’s-le-Grand is a warren, Mount Pleasant a veritable honeycomb—a positive castle of Otranto with, in place of subterraneities, a hidden, circling passage upon every floor.1910, Austin Philips, “The Watching Gallery”, in Red Tape, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], page 274

Questions about subterraneities

What is subterraneities the plural of?
Subterraneities is the plural of subterraneity.

Words near subterraneities in the dictionary

  1. subterranean clovers
  2. subterraneanity
  3. subterraneanly
  4. subterraneanness
  5. subterraneans
  6. subterraneities
  7. subterraneity
  8. subterraneous
  9. subterraneously
  10. subterraneousness
  11. subterranes

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