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Definition of Earthborn
1. Adjective. Of earthly origin (as mortals are). "Earthborn existence"
2. Adjective. Springing from or born on the earth. "Earthborn beings"
3. Adjective. Connected with earthly life; of earthly origin. "Earthborn cares and pleasures"
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
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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