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English
Etymology
From Latin terrestris + -ious.
Pronunciation
Adjective
terrestrious (comparative more terrestrious, superlative most terrestrious)
- (obsolete) Synonym of terrestrial.
1650, Thomas Browne, “A digression concerning Blacknesse”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Together with Some Marginall Observations, and a Table Alphabeticall at the End.">…], 2nd edition, London: A Miller, for Edw Dod and Nath 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;
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