earthborn

earthborn
adjective Date: 1621 1. born on this earth ; mortal 2. associated with earthly life <
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  • Earthborn — Earth born , earth born earth born([ e]rth b[^o]rn ), a. 1. Born of the earth; terrigenous; springing originally from the earth; human; having the characteristics of earthly life; as, earth born beings. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] Some earthborn …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • earthborn — [ʉrth′bôrn΄] adj. 1. born on or springing from the earth 2. human; mortal …   English World dictionary

  • earthborn — adjective 1. of earthly origin (as mortals are) earthborn existence • Similar to: ↑mortal 2. springing from or born on the earth earthborn beings • Similar to: ↑human 3. connected with earthly life; of earthly o …   Useful english dictionary

  • Earthborn — infobox Book | name = Earthborn title orig = translator = image caption = author = Orson Scott Card cover artist = country = United States language = English series = Homecoming Saga genre = Science fiction publisher = Tor Books media type =… …   Wikipedia

  • earthborn — /errth bawrn /, adj. 1. born on or sprung from the earth; of earthly origin. 2. mortal; human. [1595 1605; EARTH + BORN] * * * …   Universalium

  • earthborn — adjective Born or produced on the planet Earth …   Wiktionary

  • earthborn — Synonyms and related words: Adamite, Adamitic, anthropocentric, anthropological, baseborn, below the salt, cockney, common, commonplace, earthy, finite, fleshly, frail, homely, hominal, homocentric, human, humanistic, humble, low, lowborn,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • earthborn — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. human, temporal, perishable; see mortal 2 …   English dictionary for students

  • earthborn — adj. of earthly origin; mortal, human …   English contemporary dictionary

  • earthborn — adj 1. earthly, worldly, physical, natural, corporal, corporeal; from the earth, of earthly origin, sprung from the earth, terrigenous; autochthonous, indigenous. 2. mortal, human, born of woman; perishable, ephemeral, transient, transitory,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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