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Meaning of tellurian in English:

tellurian

adjective

formal, literary

  • Of or inhabiting the earth.

    earthly, worldly, mundane, earthbound

noun

formal, literary

  • An inhabitant of the earth.

    ‘The amount of time for us ‘tellurians’ is determined by a piece of a path by which the Sun has traversed the sky.’

Origin

Mid 19th century from Latin tellus, tellur- ‘earth’ + -ian.

Pronunciation

tellurian

/tɛˈljʊərɪən/