subterraneous

English

Adjective

subterraneous (not comparable)

Subterranean.
- 1851, Herman Melville, “The Chase.—Third Day.”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, publishers; London: Richard Bentley, OCLC 30847311; republished as Moby Dick or The White Whale (Famous Sea Stories), Boston, Mass.: The St. Botolph Society, 53 Beacon Street, 1892 (8th impression, February 1922), OCLC 237074, page 527:
  A low rumbling sound was heard; a subterraneous hum; and then all held their breaths; as bedraggled with trailing ropes, and harpoons, and lances, a vast form shot lengthwise, but obliquely from the sea.

Usage notes

Before 1830, this word was more common in print use than subterranean. However, in contemporary English the word is used less than 1% as often as subterranean.

Derived terms

subterraneousness

Translations

subterranean — see subterranean

单词	subterraneous
释义	subterraneous English Adjective subterraneous (not comparable) Subterranean. 1851, Herman Melville, “The Chase.—Third Day.”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, publishers; London: Richard Bentley, OCLC 30847311; republished as Moby Dick or The White Whale (Famous Sea Stories), Boston, Mass.: The St. Botolph Society, 53 Beacon Street, 1892 (8th impression, February 1922), OCLC 237074, page 527: A low rumbling sound was heard; a subterraneous hum; and then all held their breaths; as bedraggled with trailing ropes, and harpoons, and lances, a vast form shot lengthwise, but obliquely from the sea. Usage notes Before 1830, this word was more common in print use than subterranean. However, in contemporary English the word is used less than 1% as often as subterranean. Derived terms subterraneousness Translations subterranean — see subterranean
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