terrene

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air
adjective belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly

From Middle English terrene, from Anglo-Norman terriene, feminine of terrien, from Latin terrēnus, from terra (“earth”).

There is only one fruit of this terrene life--a pious disposition and social acts. — Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius
The lady paused, as if to consider the weight of that event in the scale of terrene life. — Two on a Tower, Thomas Hardy
When it does not give you trouble it takes it away--takes away letters and telegrams and newspapers and visits and duties and efforts, all the complications, all the superfluities and superstitions that we have stuffed into our terrene life. — A London Life, and Other Tales, Henry James

tellurian, telluric, terrestrial

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