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subterrestrial

American  
[suhb-tuh-res-tree-uhl] / ˌsʌb təˈrɛs tri əl /

adjective

  1. underground; subterranean.


Etymology

Origin of subterrestrial

First recorded in 1605–15; sub- + terrestrial

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It then documented how conversation and comics helped Vladek and Art surface the subterrestrial forces that molded both of their lives.

From Slate

Those two extremities of stile Mr Dryden illustrates by the familiar image of two inns, which I shall term the aerial and the subterrestrial.

From Project Gutenberg