terrenityn.
Now rare.
The quality or condition of being earthy; concrete earthy matter.
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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
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > [noun] > earthy matter
earthiness1528
terrenity1649
society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > worldliness
worldlishipa1425
worldliness?c1430
worldlihoodc1443
propriety?1504
earthiness1597
worldly-mindedness1621
mundanity1647
terrenity1649
mundaneness1727
materialism1771
1649 W. Charleton in tr. J. B. van Helmont Ternary of Paradoxes Prolegomena sig. fv The Acid Spirit, immersed in an excessive quantity of Terrenity, becomes..languid.
1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 348 [It] debases all the spirits to a dull and low Terrenity.
1973 T. Pynchon Gravity's Rainbow iv. 733 Trees creak in sorrow for the engineered wound through their terrain, their terrenity or earthhood.
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