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Webster 1913 Edition


Terreous

Ter′re-ous

,
Adj.
[L.
terreus
, fr.
terra
the earth. See
Terrace
.]
Consisting of earth; earthy;
as,
terreous
substances;
terreous
particles
.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Terreous

TER'REOUS

,
Adj.
[L. terreus, from terra, earth.] Earthy; consisting of earth; as terreous substances; terreous particles.

Definition 2024


terreous

terreous

English

Adjective

terreous (comparative more terreous, superlative most terreous)

  1. (obsolete) Pertaining to earth, earthy.
    • 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Folio 2007, p. 333:
      For when the airy intersticies are filled [...] there remains a gross and terreous portion at the bottom

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