extraterrestrial
adjectivenounattested in dialogue
- //ˌɛk.stɹə.təˈɹɛs.tɹi.əl//
Originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; alien to Earth or its environment.
adjective
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Originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; alien to Earth or its environment.
Residents of the city of Voronezh insisted today that lanky, three-eyed extraterrestrial creatures had indeed landed in a local park and gone for a stroll and that a seemingly fantastic report about the event carried Monday by the official press agency Tass was absolutely true.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- English terrestrial English extraterrestrial From extra- + terrestrial.
noun
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A being originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; an alien.
Smith returns in Men In Black 3 as a veteran agent of a secret organization dedicated to policing the earth’s many extraterrestrials.
Forms
- plural
- extraterrestrials
- comparative
- more extraterrestrial
- superlative
- most extraterrestrial
extraterrestrial · Originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; alien to Earth or its environment.
extravagant · Exceeding the bounds of something; roving; hence, foreign.extreme · Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost.extremely · To an extreme degree.