earthliness

English

Etymology

From earthly +‎ -ness.

Noun

earthliness (usually uncountable, plural earthlinesses)

  1. The quality of being earthly.
    • 1642, Thomas Fuller, “The Witch of Endor”, in The Holy State, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Roger Daniel for John Williams, […], OCLC 1238111360, book V (The Profane State), page 371:
      Perchance as vulturs are ſaid to ſmell the earthlineſſe of a dying corps; ſo this bird of prey reſented a worſe than earthly ſavour in the ſoul of Saul, an evidence of his death at hand.

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