subterrany
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English
Etymology
From Latin subterrāneus.[1] Compare subterrane and subterraneous.
Adjective
subterrany (comparative more subterrany, superlative most subterrany)
- (obsolete) subterranean
- 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “IV. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. , London: William Rawley ; rinted by J H for William Lee , →OCLC:
- Experiment solitary touching subterrany fires
Noun
subterrany (plural subterranies)
- (obsolete) A subterranean place.
References
- ^ “subterrany, adj. and n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “subterrany”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)