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terrene

ter·rene

UK/təˈɹiːn/ US/tɛˈɹiːn/ uncommon dated

adjective

1.

of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air

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2.

belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly

  • “not a fairy palace; yet a mundane wonder of unimagined kind”
  • “so terrene a being as himself”
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Origin

From Middle English terrene, from Anglo-Norman terriene, feminine of terrien, from Latin terrēnus, from terra (“earth”).

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