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  [ur-thee] /ˈɜr θi/ adjective, earthier, earthiest. 1. of the nature of or consisting of or soil. 2. characteristic of : an earthy smell. 3. realistic; practical. 4. coarse or unrefined: an earthy sense of humor. 5. direct; robust; unaffected: an earthy, generous woman. 6. (of a mineral) having a dull luster and rough to the […]

• Earthing

  [urth] /ɜrθ/ noun 1. (often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, […]

• Earthlight

  [urth-lahyt] /ˈɜrθˌlaɪt/ noun, Astronomy. 1. . /ˈɜːθˌlaɪt/ noun 1. another name for earthshine n. 1833, from earth + light (n.). Apparently coined by British astronomer John Herschel.

• Earthliness

  [urth-lee] /ˈɜrθ li/ adjective, earthlier, earthliest. 1. of or relating to the , especially as opposed to heaven; worldly. 2. possible or conceivable: an invention of no earthly use to anyone. /ˈɜːθlɪ/ adjective -lier, -liest 1. of or characteristic of the earth as opposed to heaven; material or materialistic; worldly 2. (usually used with a […]

• Earthling

  [urth-ling] /ˈɜrθ lɪŋ/ noun 1. an inhabitant of ; mortal. 2. . /ˈɜːθlɪŋ/ noun 1. (esp in poetry or science fiction) an inhabitant of the earth; human being n. Old English yrþling “plowman” (see earth + -ling); the sense of “inhabitant of the earth” is from 1590s. Earthman was originally (1860) “a demon who lives […]

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