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Subterraneous

adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Subterranean. not-comparable

    "[S]he recollected a ſubterraneous paſſage which led from the vaults of the caſtle to the church of St. Nicholas."

Adjective
  1. 1
    lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed) wordnet
  2. 2
    being or operating under the surface of the earth wordnet

Etymology

Adapted borrowing of Latin subterrāneus + -ous. Doublet of subterrane.

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