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† ˌterræˈfilial, a. Obs. rare.
[f. next, with filial from filius.]
Earthly, worldly, sordid. So ˌterræˈfilian a., of or pertaining to a terræ filius.
1742Young Nt. Th. viii. 277 Men of the world, the terræ⁓filial breed, Welcome the modest stranger to their sphere. 1783Burns Let. to J. Murdoch 15 Jan., Can he descend to mind the paltry concerns about which the terræfilial race fret, and fume..? 1887Saintsbury Hist. Elizab. Lit. x. (1894) 364 His merits as well as his faults have a singular unpersonal, and, if I may so say, terræfilian connotation. |