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subterranity

subterranity noun: an underground place.

Noun

subterranity (plural subterranities)

  1. (obsolete) An underground place
    • […] as we may conceive in ſtones and gems, as Diamonds, Beryls, Saphires and the like, whoſe generation we cannot with ſatisfaction confine unto the remote activity of the Sun, or the common operation of coldneſſe in the earth, but may more ſafely referre it unto a lapidificall ſuccity, and...1646, Thomas Browne, “Of Crystall”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 2nd book, pages 54–55
    Synonyms:
    subterrany

Synonyms of subterranity

Forms of subterranity

pluralsubterranities

Origin of subterranity

Apparently from subterrany + -ity. Compare subterraneity.

Questions about subterranity

What does subterranity mean?
Subterranity means an underground place.
What part of speech is subterranity?
Subterranity is a noun.
What is the plural of subterranity?
The plural of subterranity is subterranities.

Words near subterranity in the dictionary

  1. subterraneously
  2. subterraneousness
  3. subterranes
  4. subterranies
  5. subterranities
  6. subterranity
  7. subterrany
  8. subterrene
  9. subterrenes
  10. subterrestrial
  11. subterrestrials

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