terrene
[adjective]
Synonyms: earthly, earthy, mundane, sublunary, tellurian, telluric, terrestrial, uncelestial, worldly, earthlike

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terrene adjective & noun. [tɛ'ri:n] ME.
[Anglo-Norman from Latin terrenus, from terra earth.]
A. adjective.
1. Of or pertaining to this world; earthly; worldly, secular, mundane, as opp. to heavenly, spiritual, etc.; = TERRESTRIAL adjective 1. ME.
■ T. Ken Wash your own spirit clean From all concupiscence terrene.

2. Of the nature of earth; earthy. E17.
Punch Peanut butter's glistening surface..its 'terrene unctuosity'.

3. Occurring on or inhabiting dry land; = TERRESTRIAL adjective 4. M17.

4. Of or pertaining to the planet Earth; = TERRESTRIAL adjective 2. Long rare or obsolete. M17.
b. noun. The earth, the world. Also, a land, a territory. Chiefly literary. M17.
■ Milton A Province wide Tenfold the length of this terrene.

■ terrenely adverb (rare) (a) as regards landed estate; territorially; (b) in a terrene or worldly manner; mundanely: L15.

■ terreneness noun (now rare or obsolete) terrene quality; earthiness: M17.

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