earthliness

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noun

The quality of being earthly.

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Meanings

nounearthliness (usually uncountable, plural earthlinesses)

plural earthlinesses

  1. uncountableusuallyThe quality of being earthly.

    Perchance as vulturs are ſaid to ſmell the earthlineſſe of a dying corps; ſo this bird of prey reſented a worſe than earthly ſavour in the ſoul of Saul, an evidence of his death at hand.

    1642, Thomas Fuller, “The Witch of Endor”, in The Holy State, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Roger Daniel for John Williams, […], →OCLC, book V (The Profane State), page 371

Origin

From earthly + -ness.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

heartliness
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APA

earthliness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earthliness

MLA

“earthliness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earthliness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “earthliness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earthliness.

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