terrestrialness
World English Dictionary
terrestrial (təˈrɛstrɪəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of or relating to the earth |
| 2. | of or belonging to the land as opposed to the sea or air |
| 3. | (of animals and plants) living or growing on the land |
| 4. | earthly, worldly, or mundane |
| 5. | (of television signals) sent over the earth's surface from a transmitter on land, rather than by satellite |
| —n | |
| 6. | an inhabitant of the earth |
| [C15: from Latin terrestris, from terra earth] | |
| ter'restrially | |
| —adv | |
| ter'restrialness | |
| —n | |
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Terrestrialness
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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