Earthish

adj, name

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Made of or pertaining to earth; earthly, earthy. archaic
  2. 2
    Resembling the Earth; Earthlike.

    "I love it when planets are found around red dwarfs. They are by far the most common kind of star in the Universe, they tend to make smaller, Earthish-sized planets, and they tend to make a lot of them."

  3. 3
    Relating to or originating from the Earth.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A hypothetical universal language of Earth.

Synonyms

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earthianterran

Example

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"I love it when planets are found around red dwarfs. They are by far the most common kind of star in the Universe, they tend to make smaller, Earthish-sized planets, and they tend to make a lot of them."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From earth + -ish. Compare Dutch aards (“earthish”), German irdisch (“earthish”), Danish jordisk (“earthish”), Swedish jordisk (“earthish”), Icelandic jarðeskur, jarðneskur (“earthish”).

Etymology 2

From Earth + -ish.

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