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terraqueous

[ ter-ey-kwee-uhs, -ak-wee- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

First recorded in 1650–60; terr(a) + aqueous

She was constructed to revolve like the terraqueous globe; some part or other of her was always out of sight or in shadow.

Throughout the terraqueous globe his achievement is cited as the conquest of abstract Science over Physics.

Amid such terraqueous conditions it was natural enough that the children should develop a passion for the sea.

Meanwhile, what portion of this inconsiderable terraqueous Globe have ye actually tilled and delved, till it will grow no more?

Thus, then, two new oceans are requisite to cover the terraqueous globe merely to the depth of five hundred feet.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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