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terreous

terreous adjective: pertaining to earth; earthy.

Adjective

terreous (comparative more terreous, superlative most terreous)

  1. (obsolete) Pertaining to earth; earthy.
    • For when the ayery interſticies are filled, […] there remaines a groſſe and terreous portion at the bottome […]1646, Thomas Browne, “Compendiously of sundry other common Tenents, concerning Minerall and Terreous bodies, which examined, prove either false or dubious”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […]...

Forms of terreous

comparativemore terreous
superlativemost terreous

Origin of terreous

Adapted borrowing of Latin terreus + -ous, from terra + -eus. By surface analysis, terra + -eous.

Questions about terreous

What does terreous mean?
Terreous means pertaining to earth; earthy.
What part of speech is terreous?
Terreous is an adjective.

Words near terreous in the dictionary

  1. Terrene Sea
  2. terrenely
  3. terrenes
  4. Terreneuvian
  5. terrenity
  6. terreous
  7. terreplein
  8. terrepleins
  9. terrequinone
  10. terrequinones
  11. Terrero

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