Earthbred

Quick meaning: Earthbred is an adjective meaning (obsolete, poetic) Low; grovelling; vulgar.

Meaning

(obsolete, poetic) Low; grovelling; vulgar.

Example Sentences

And bound to earth, their earthbread habits ply

And (flapping his blue wings along) scorch up / All earthbred glory like a sapless reed.

She recollected that even while he still sang, she had felt the keen earthbred eyes search her out, as it were, from all the pressing crowd, and mark her for their own; remembered that once his song finished, she had known neither surprise nor chagrin when Lady Ashleigh had brought him up and presented him to Mrs. Paignton and her niece.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lowbred, low-bred, underbred, peasant, popular, unwashed.

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