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terraqueous, a.|tɛˈreɪkwiːəs|
[f. L. terra earth + aqueous. Cf. F. terraqué(e (Voltaire Memnon 1747) from Eng.; so Sp. (el globo) terrácueo.]
1. Consisting of, or formed of, land and water; nearly always in terraqueous globe.
1658Phillips, Terraqueous, composed of earth and water together. 1664Power Exp. Philos. ii. 99 The halituous Effluxions and Aporrhœa's of this terraqueous Globe below. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. iii. §37. 171 The whole terrestrial (or terraqueous) Globe. 1742Young Nt. Th. i. 286 A part how small of the terraqueous globe Is tenanted by man! 1781Cowper Charity 122 Providence enjoins to every soul An union with the vast terraqueous whole. 1834–5J. Phillips Geol. in Encycl. Metrop. VI. 701/1 margin, Relation of terraqueous agencies in ancient and modern eras. 1876Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. iii. 72 The maintenance of a habitable terraqueous surface.
2. Living in land and water, as a plant; extending over land and water, as a journey.
1694Westmacott Script. Herb. 164 These Reeds belong to the terraqueous plants. 1844Jeffrey in Ld. Cockburn Life (1852) II. Let. clxxiv, We drove down to the pier and resumed our terraqueous promenade. |