terrene Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air
    telluric; tellurian; terrestrial.
  2. adjective satellite belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; yet a mundane wonder of unimagined kind"
    mundane.
    • not a fairy palace
    • so terrene a being as himself

WordNet

Ter*rene" noun
Definitions
  1. A tureen. Obs. Walpole.
Ter*rene" adjective
Etymology
L. terrenus, fr. terra the earth. See Terrace.
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to the earth; earthy; as, terrene substance. Holland.
  2. Earthy; terrestrial.
    God set before him a mortal and immortal life, a nature celestial and terrene. Sir W. Raleigh.
    Be true and faithful to the king and his heirs, and truth and faith to bear of life and limb, and terrene honor. O. Eng. Oath of Allegiance, quoted by Blackstone.
    Common conceptions of the matters which lie at the basis of our terrene experience. Hickok.
Ter*rene" noun
Etymology
L. terrenum land, ground: cf. F. terrain.
Definitions
  1. The earth's surface; the earth. Poetic
    Tenfold the length of this terrene. Milton.
  2. (Surv.) The surface of the ground.

Webster 1913