terreous

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adjective

Pertaining to earth; earthy.

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Meanings

adjectiveterreous (comparative more terreous, superlative most terreous)

comparative more terreous · superlative most terreous

  1. obsoletePertaining 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: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 2nd book, page 87

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
earthy

Origin

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

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APA

terreous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/terreous

MLA

“terreous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/terreous. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “terreous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/terreous.

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