† mediterraneousadj.
Obsolete. rare.
1. Inland, remote from the coast.
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the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > interior land > [adjective]
Midlanda1475
upland1575
Mediterraneal1598
Mediterrane1599
Mediterranean1601
mediterraneous1646
interior1772
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. iv. 82 It is found in mountaines and mediterraneous parts. View more context for this quotation
1692 J. Ray Misc. Disc. v. 162 The Mediterraneous places above the Shores.
2. In the middle of the earth; subterranean.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > [adjective] > centre
mediterraneous1668
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > [adjective] > subterranean
subterraneal1592
under-earth1592
under-earthly1605
subterranean1607
subterraneous1607
subterrene1610
underground1610
subterrestrial1613
subterrane1614
subterrany1626
sotteran1648
subterrenean1653
subterrean1659
mediterraneous1668
hypogeal1686
submundane1805
subsurface1840
hypogeous1847
hypogean1852
below ground1859
catachthonic1884
catachthonian1888
1668 Palpable Evid. Witchcraft 102 The bituminous matter brought from the mediterraneous Vaults.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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