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Terraqueous

//təˈɹeɪ.kwi.əs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Chiefly in terraqueous globe (that is, the Earth): consisting of both land and water. archaic, formal, not-comparable

    "The Terraqueous Globe comprehending Sea and Land, Rivers and Lakes, ſtands divided by modern Geographers into tvvo Semi-Orbs, viz. the Old, and Nevv VVorld."

  2. 2
    Relating to, or taking place on, both land and water. archaic, formal, not-comparable

    "Thus the vicissitudes of the land and ocean, portrayed in the tertiary formations, harmonise perfectly with other terraqueous phenomena of the same geological period."

  3. 3
    Of a plant: living in both land and water; amphibious. archaic, formal, not-comparable

    "Among a large number of terraqueous plants, cellulose and lignin are dominant in nature."

Etymology

PIE word *h₂ékʷeh₂ Learned borrowing from Late Latin terraqueus + English -ous (suffix denoting the presence of a quality in any degree, usually an abundance). Terraqueus is derived from Latin terra (“dry land; earth, soil”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”)) + Late Latin aqueus (“aqueous; watery”) (from Latin aqua (“water”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ (“water”)) + -eus (suffix forming adjectives from nouns denoting the sources of attributes)).

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