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
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.