terrenity
English
Etymology
terrene + -ity
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /təˈɹɛnɪti/
- Rhymes: -ɛnɪti
Noun
terrenity (uncountable)
- (obsolete) earthiness; worldliness
- 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political
- a dull and low terrenity
- 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for terrenity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)