# telluric

> English word · Adjective

## Definitions
1. Pertaining to the Earth, earthly.
2. Containing tellurium in a lower valency than in tellurous compounds.

## Etymology
A borrowing of French tellurique, from Latin tellus (“earth; earthy”) and Tellus (“Earth, Gaia”) and -ique (forming adjectives). Subsequently also from tellurium, originally in telluric oxide from German Telluroxyd.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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