terrestrious
English
Etymology
From Latin terrestris + -ious.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /təˈɹɛstɹiəs/
Adjective
terrestrious (comparative more terrestrious, superlative most terrestrious)
- (obsolete) Synonym of terrestrial.
- 1650, Thomas Browne, “A digression concerning Blacknesse”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC, 6th book, page 284:
- The ſecond way whereby bodies become black, is an Atramentous condition or mixture, that is a vitriolate or copperoſe quality conjoyning with a terreſtrious and aſtringent humidity;
References
- “terrestrious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.