antichthonesn.
Obs.
The inhabitants of the opposite side of the earth.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > of earth > of opposite sides of
antipodesa1398
counterpacer1556
antichthones1601
Antipodean1640
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World (1634) I. 129 Many haue taken it [Ceylon] to be the place of the Antipodes, calling it the Antichthones world.
1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth I. 255 Those two hemispheres were then as two distinct worlds..this opposite earth being call'd by them antichthon, and its inhabitants antichthones.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word), Antichthones is now used in the same Sense with Antipodes.
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