Tellurian is an adjective or noun relating to Earth or an inhabitant of Earth, derived from the Roman goddess of the earth.
Tellurian is an adjective or noun relating to Earth or an inhabitant of Earth, derived from the Roman goddess of the earth.
| Front | tellurian \te-LOOR-ee-uhn\ |
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| Back | adjective Relating to or inhabiting Earth. noun An inhabitant of Earth. [From Latin tellus (earth). Tellus, also known as Terra, was the goddess of the earth in Roman mythology. Earliest documented use: 1846.] “Life without him was less imaginable than a tellurian’s camping-tent on a mountain in the moon.” - Vladimir Nabokov; The Real Life of Sebastian Knight; New Directions Publishers; 1941. “We Tellurians, or Earth-dwellers, have always wondered about the existence of life on other worlds.” - Howard Williams; Book Briefs; The Press (Christchurch, New Zealand); Sep 29, 2007. |
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