Earthish
See also: earthish
English
Etymology
From Earth + -ish.
Adjective
Earthish (comparative more Earthish, superlative most Earthish)
- (astronomy) Resembling the Earth; Earthlike.
- 2022 September 9, Phil Plait, “Two super-Earths found around a tiny red dwarf star — with one in the habitable zone”, in Syfy, archived from the original on 2022-11-29:
- I love it when planets are found around red dwarfs. They are by far the most common kind of star in the Universe, they tend to make smaller, Earthish-sized planets, and they tend to make a lot of them.
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- (science fiction) Relating to or originating from the Earth.
- Synonym: Terran
Proper noun
Earthish
- (science fiction) A hypothetical universal language of Earth.
- Synonym: Earthian
Usage notes
- Note that earthish (uncapitalized) refers to earth (“soil, the ground, the material world”) rather than the planet.
References
- Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2023), “Earthish, n.; Earthish, adj.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.
- “earthish, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.