terrestrious

English

Etymology

From Latin terrestris +‎ -ious.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təˈɹɛstɹiəs/

Adjective

terrestrious (comparative more terrestrious, superlative most terrestrious)

1. (obsolete) Synonym of terrestrial
   • 1650, Thomas Browne, “A digression concerning Blacknesse”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC, 6th book, page 284:

     The ſecond way whereby bodies become black, is an Atramentous condition or mixture, that is a vitriolate or copperoſe quality conjoyning with a terreſtrious and aſtringent humidity;

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “terrestrious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)