Definition of Earthborn

1. Adjective. Of earthly origin (as mortals are). "Earthborn existence"

Similar to: Mortal

2. Adjective. Springing from or born on the earth. "Earthborn beings"
Similar to: Human

3. Adjective. Connected with earthly life; of earthly origin. "Earthborn cares and pleasures"
Similar to: Earthly

Definition of Earthborn

1. a. Born of the earth; terrigenous; springing originally from the earth; human.

Definition of Earthborn

1. Adjective. Born or produced on the planet Earth. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Earthborn

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Earthborn

earth science
earth sciences
earth sign
earth signs
earth tremor
earth tremors
earth up
earth wax
earthbag
earthbags
earthball
earthbank
earthbanks
earthboard
earthboards
earthborn (current term)
earthbound
earthbred
earthdin
earthdrake
earthdrakes
eartheater
eartheaters
earthed
earthen
earthen-hearted
earthenware
earthenware jar
earthenwares
earthfall

Literary usage of Earthborn

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"... what time made earthborn giants revolt, Gainst the long-living mightier, sky-born, gods ; Shelter gainst hurled-forth lightnings of heaven's wrath. ..."

2. A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Churchby Augustine, John Chrysostom by Augustine, John Chrysostom (1888)
"And again he saith, " both all ye earthborn, and sons of men" (ver. 2). The expression "earthborn" he doth refer to sinners; the expression " sons of men ..."

3. Expositions on the Book of Psalms by Augustine (1848)
"If one is earthborn, let him hear, because of the judgment: another is a son of man, ... The expression rich refers to the earthborn ; but the ..."

4. The Hymns and Hymn Writers of the Church: An Annotated Edition of The by Charles Sumner Nutter, Wilbur Fisk Tillett (1911)
"... thou Saviour dear, It la not night if thou be near: О may no earthborn cloud arise To hide thee from thy servant's eyes. 2 When the soft dews of kindly ..."

5. The Dialogues of Plato by Plato (1871)
"I know not how to give utterance to my ideas, and yet what I am going to tell is only a republication of the Phoenician story of Cadmus and his earthborn ..."

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