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单词 terreity
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terreityn.

Etymology: < medieval Latin terreitās (c1250 in Vincent of Beauvais, Spec. Doctr. xii. 109): see -ity suffix. So obsolete Italian terreità (Florio 1598).
Obsolete. rare.
The essential quality of earth; earthiness.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > [noun] > quality
earthinessa1398
earthliness?1533
terrestrity1568
terreity1612
terrenity1649
terreneness1652
1612 B. Jonson Alchemist ii. v. sig. F2 The Aqueitie, Terreity, and Sulphureitie Shall runne together againe, and all be annull'd. View more context for this quotation
1925 H. L. Mencken Let. 27 May in H. L. Mencken & S. Haardt Mencken & Sara (1987) 114 Such a body as returns not to its universal terreity, but is arrived to a more heightened degree of metalliety.
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