† terreanadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Of the earth; of earth.
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earthlyOE
netherOE
lowc1225
terrene13..
terrestre1340
temporalc1380
earthyc1429
terrestrialc1460
inferial?a1475
mundanec1475
mundial1499
earthish?1533
terrenala1555
terreal1598
terrestrene1599
sublunary1609
sublunar1610
mundal1614
temporarya1616
earth-born1626
terranean1653
circumterraneous1678
subcelestial1706
terraneousa1711
terrean1714
terrigenal1744
subastral1752
geotic1755
tellurian1786
worldly1812
telluric1813
transglobal1953
1714 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus (ed. 3) I. iii. 184 Dr. Burnet supposes his Terreean Crust which had for 1500 Years held in the Waters of the Abyss, was by the Heat of the Sun so parch'd and crack'd, that at last it broke.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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