

Aug 13, 2015 This week’s theme

Words related to space



This week’s words

saturnalia

meteoric

venery

tellurian

constellate



Tellus (detail from a panel of the Ara Pacis, Rome) Photo: xlibber Words related to space A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg



tellurian PRONUNCIATION: (te-LOOR-ee-uhn)

MEANING: adjective: Relating to or inhabiting Earth.

noun: An inhabitant of Earth.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin tellus (earth). Tellus, also known as Terra, was the goddess of the earth in Roman mythology. Earliest documented use: 1846.

USAGE:

Vladimir Nabokov; The Real Life of Sebastian Knight; New Directions Publishers; 1941.



“We Tellurians, or Earth-dwellers, have always wondered about the existence of life on other worlds.”

Howard Williams; Book Briefs; The Press (Christchurch, New Zealand); Sep 29, 2007.



See more usage examples of “Life without him was less imaginable than a tellurian’s camping-tent on a mountain in the moon.”Vladimir Nabokov;; New Directions Publishers; 1941.“We Tellurians, or Earth-dwellers, have always wondered about the existence of life on other worlds.”Howard Williams; Book Briefs;(Christchurch, New Zealand); Sep 29, 2007.See more usage examples of tellurian in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: The Supreme Ethical Rule: Act so as to elicit the best in others and thereby in thyself. -Felix Adler, professor, lecturer, and reformer (13 Aug 1851-1933)





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