terrene

American  

[te-reen, tuh-, ter-een] / tɛˈrin, tə-, ˈtɛr in /

adjective

1. earthly; worldly.

2. earthy.

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noun

1. the earth.

2. a land or region.

terrene British  

/ tɛˈriːn /

adjective

1. of or relating to the earth; worldly; mundane

2. rare of earth; earthy

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noun

1. a land

2. a rare word for earth

Other Word Forms

• terrenely
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of terrene

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English from Latin terrēnus “pertaining to earth”; see terra

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

terrene

Blue-eyed Mrs. Slocum, president of Boat Transit Co., is no terrene "Tugboat Annie," does not drive a truck herself.

From Time Magazine Archive

Apollion: I have, Lord Belzebub, The low terrene observed with keenest eye.

From Vondel's Lucifer by Joost van den Vondel

Whence, from the pores terrene, with foremost haste Rushed the bright ether, towering high, and swift Streams of fire attracting as it flowed.

From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) Cocker

And the terrestrial pole does not attract as if the terrene force were implanted only in the pole, for the magnetick force exists in the whole, although it predominates and excels at the pole.

From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by William Gilbert

For not without the vastest overthrow of the terrene mass can these natural boundaries be changed, as it is easy to gather from magnetick demonstrations.

From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by William Gilbert

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