† terraefilialadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Earthly, worldly, sordid.
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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > low or vulgar person > [adjective]
carlisha1240
lewdc1380
carlc1450
villain1483
ruffian1528
shake-ragged1550
porterlike1568
popular1583
ungracious1584
ordinarya1586
tapsterly1589
mechanic1598
round-headed1598
base-like1600
strummell-patch1600
porterly1603
scrubbing1603
vernaculous1607
plebeian1615
reptile1653
proletarian1663
mobbish1695
low1725
terraefilial1745
low-lifed1747
Whitechapel1785
lowlife1794
boweryish1846
gutter1849
bowery1852
lowish1886
swab1914
lumpen1944
society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adjective] > worldly
worldly1340
mundanec1475
mundial1499
worldly-minded1528
worldly-witted1563
mundal1614
uncelestial1661
terraefilial1745
unideal1760
materialistic1877
mondaine1889
1745 E. Young Complaint: Night the Eighth 15 Men of the World! the Terræ-filial Breed! Welcome the modest Stranger to their Sphere.
1783 R. Burns Let. 15 Jan. (2001) I. 18 Can he descend to mind the paulty conccerns [sic] about which the terræ-filial race fret, and fume..?
Derivatives
ˌterraeˈfilian adj. of or pertaining to a terræ filius.
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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > [adjective] > common
unornOE
commona1382
vulgar1530
popular1533
plain1542
dunghill1548
ordinarya1586
plebeious1610
roturier1614
terraefilian1887
1887 G. Saintsbury Hist. Elizabethan Lit. x. 364 His merits as well as his faults have a singular unpersonal and, if I may so say, terræfilian connotation.
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