subterrestrial

[suhb-tuh-res-tree-uhl]

adjective

1. underground; subterranean.

Word History and Origins

Origin of subterrestrial¹

First recorded in 1605–15; sub- + terrestrial

Example Sentences

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

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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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