earthbound
adjUS /ˈɝθbaʊnd/
Etymology From earth + -bound.
1
Confined to the Earth; unable to leave Earth, either physically or spiritually.
- "Music, Smiley, music! Now the vibrations should be better." "The higher spirits cannot reach earth-bound folk," said Mailey.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:
- [B]ut only too often séances degenerate into pure sorcery or necromancy, attracting all kinds of undeveloped and earth-bound entities.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 231:
2
Literature, Media, Publishing, Science fiction Heading towards the planet Earth.
3
Figuratively Unimaginative or mundane.
- Derived terms
- nonearthbound
- Related terms
- earthward