earthbound
See also: earth-bound
English
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editearthbound (comparative more earthbound, superlative most earthbound)
- Confined to the Earth; unable to leave Earth, either physically or spiritually.
- 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
- "Music, Smiley, music! Now the vibrations should be better." "The higher spirits cannot reach earth-bound folk," said Mailey.
- 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 231:
- [B]ut only too often séances degenerate into pure sorcery or necromancy, attracting all kinds of undeveloped and earth-bound entities.
- (science fiction) Heading towards Earth.
- (figuratively) Unimaginative or mundane.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
edit- (heading towards Earth): earthward (adverb)
Translations
editconfined to the Earth
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unimaginative or mundane
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heading towards Earth
References
edit- “earthbound, adj.1”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- “earthbound, adj.2”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2024), “Earthbound, adj.1; Earthbound, adj.2”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.