terrene

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  1. adjective Of or relating to the earth; earthly.

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  • We instinctively took our seats; and there must have been some downright witchery in the provisions which surpassed all of its kind; nothing like it on the wide terrene, and one glass of the Taunton, settled it to an axiom. —  Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey
  • I understand that this land was won from Demoness Fornax, who is the mistress of contra-terrene matter. —  Cube Route
  • As I understand it, normal matter is incompatible with contra-terrene matter. —  Cube Route
  • "Demoness Fornax is the Demon of contra-terrene matter," she said. —  Cube Route
  • "That is the region of contra-terrene matter," Neptune explained grimly. —  Swell Foop
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  1. Middle English, from Latin terrēnus, from terra, earth; see ters- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = Spanish Portuguese Italian terreno, from Latin terrenus, of, pertaining to, or consisting of earth (neuter terrenum, land. ground: see terrain), from terra, earth, land: see terra.
 

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