Pronounced: PA-lum(p)-sest, noun
Notes: I have recollection of running across this word in a mystery story
Yesterday’s word
The word tellurian, as an adjective, refers to “relating to or inhabiting Earth”. As a noun, it means “an inhabitant of Earth”
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1800s
Background / Comments
I’ve heard or read enough science fiction that I should have recognized our word. It came from the Latin word tellus (earth). Tellus (also called Terra) was the goddess of the earth in Roman mythology.
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