EARTH (planet)
ADVERBS
► BENEATH beneath the skies; in the world, on the earth → c1250 arch.
► EARTHLINS towards the earth or ground → 1809 Sc.
NOUNS
► APOLLO PLAY the planet Earth → 1940s African-American sl.
► APPLE the earth, the universe → 1940 sl.
► BALL OF DIRT the earth → 1898 Amer. sl.
► BALL OF MUD the planet Earth → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► GEOLATRY worship of the earth; later also, intense or excessive regard for the earth → 1862
► GOD’S FOOTSTOOL the earth → 1926 US sl. (Bk.)
► LEVEL, THE the earth’s surface → 1848
► LOWER WORLD, THE Earth as opposed to heaven or the heavens; the earthly world → 1398
► MIDDLE-ERD the earth, the world → 1768 Sc.
► MUDBALL the earth → 1974
► MUNDAL the world, the earth → 1534 obs.
► ORB the earth, the world → 1601 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► EARTHITE an inhabitant of earth → 1825
► EARTHLING an inhabitant of the earth → 1593
► EARTHLUBBER a person who stays on earth and has not travelled in outer space; one who is not a space traveller → 1976
► EARTH-WARE earth-dwellers → c893 obs.
► GEOGNOSIST one versed in geognosy; one who has a knowledge of the structure of the earth → 1797 hist.
► GEOGNOST one versed in geognosy; one who has a knowledge of the structure of the earth → 1802 hist.
► GEOMORPHIST an expert or specialist in geomorphology (the nature, origin, and development of the physical features of the earth’s surface) → 1896
► GEOMORPHOLOGIST an expert or specialist in geomorphology (the nature, origin, and development of the physical features of the earth’s surface) → 1899
► GEOPLANARIAN a person who believes that the earth is flat → 1917