tellurian
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- adjective
- /tɛˈljʊəriən/
:
terrestre
- The researchers studied the tellurian aspects of climate change and its impact on agriculture.
Examples
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The tellurian landscape was dotted with lush green fields and towering mountains.
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Thus, the once integrated earthly being, whose relationship with both tellurian and heavenly realms had been fluid and balanced, was transformed into a strictly celestial force.
Academic text (1996) -
The dark, tellurian forces which reign over Greater Ambrose long since must have demanded the sacrifice of any representative of the Established Church.
Fiction book (1994) -
In this way, the sensual, tellurian daredevils are positive, vital elements of black masculinity, especially during moments of loss.
Academic text (2012) -
"In his mythos, oil itself is a dark Tellurian god, an omnipresent entity narrating the dynamics of Earth." 3
Academic text (2016) -
His paintings often depict tellurian scenes that celebrate the beauty of nature.
Synonyms
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Relating to land or to things that live on land rather than in water
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About land rather than the sea or sky
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Relating to Earth or its people
Relating to the land rather than the sea or air
Of materials that come from land and are carried to the sea
Surface Forms
Morphology
tellurian = earth (opaque) = tellur + ian
Derived from the Latin combining form 'tellur-' meaning 'land/earth', which is not a productive modern English base and so is not transparently recognized by learners.
Etymology
The word tellurian comes from the Latin tellus, meaning 'earth', and it is related to common words like terrain and territory, which are about land. So used as an adjective, tellurian means 'of the land' or 'on the ground' rather than in the sea or air.