subterrestrial
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of subterrestrial
First recorded in 1605–15; sub- + terrestrial
Example Sentences
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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.
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