mundane, terrene
(adjective) belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; “not a fairy palace; yet a mundane wonder of unimagined kind”; “so terrene a being as himself”
tellurian, telluric, terrestrial, terrene
(adjective) of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air
Source: WordNet® 3.1
terrene (comparative more terrene, superlative most terrene)
Pertaining to the earth; earthly, terrestrial, worldly, as opposed to heavenly, marine.
• Sir Walter Raleigh
terrene
(poetic) The Earth's surface; the earth; the ground.
• Tenfold the length of this terrene. — Milton.
terrene (plural terrenes)
Dated form of tureen.
• enterer, re-enter, re-entre, reenter, reentre, reĂ«nter, terreen
Source: Wiktionary
Ter*rene", n.
Definition: A tureen. [Obs.] Walpole.
Ter*rene", a. Etym: [L. terrenus, fr. terra the earth. See Terrace.]
1. Of or pertaining to the earth; earthy; as, terrene substance. Holland.
2. Earthy; terrestrial. God set before him a mortal and immortal life, a nature celestial and terrene. Sir W. Raleigh. Be true and faithful to the king and his heirs, and truth and faith to bear of life and limb, and terrene honor. O. Eng. Oath of Allegiance, quoted by Blackstone. Common conceptions of the matters which lie at the basis of our terrene experience. Hickok.
Ter*rene", n. Etym: [L. terrenum land, ground: cf. F. terrain.]
1. The earth's surface; the earth. [Poetic] Tenfold the length of this terrene. Milton.
2. (Surv.)
Definition: The surface of the ground.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 June 2025
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
