zombola
03-24-2015, 11:49 AM
\ te-LOOR-ee-uhn \ , adjective, noun;
1.
Of or characteristic of the earth or its inhabitants.
noun: 1.
An inhabitant of the earth.
Quotes:
We must keep in mind that we are, or should I say have become, hybrid personae, part tellurian , and part extraterrestrial.
-- Robert Silverberg and Karen Haber, Universe 3
What special affinities appeared to him to exist between the moon and woman? Her antiquity in preceding and surviving successive tellurian generations…
-- James Joyce, Ulysses
Origin:
Tellurian was first used by Thomas DeQuincy in 1846, even though it has classical Latin roots literally meaning "one of the earth."
1.
Of or characteristic of the earth or its inhabitants.
noun: 1.
An inhabitant of the earth.
Quotes:
We must keep in mind that we are, or should I say have become, hybrid personae, part tellurian , and part extraterrestrial.
-- Robert Silverberg and Karen Haber, Universe 3
What special affinities appeared to him to exist between the moon and woman? Her antiquity in preceding and surviving successive tellurian generations…
-- James Joyce, Ulysses
Origin:
Tellurian was first used by Thomas DeQuincy in 1846, even though it has classical Latin roots literally meaning "one of the earth."