earthen
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Used before 1325 as erthen, from eorthene, presumably from Middle English erthe, eorthe ("earth").[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
earthen (comparative more earthen, superlative most earthen)
- Made of earth or mud.
- 1826, James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans
- A hundred earthen dwellings stood on the margin of the lake...
- 1826, James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans
- Made of clay (especially said of pottery).
- 1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation
- ... the Godfathers and Godmothers follow into the midst of the Church, where there is a small table ready set, and on it an earthen pot ful of warme water, ...
- 1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation
Translations[edit]
made of earth or mud
References[edit]
- ^ Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Robert K. Barnhart (ed.), Chambers, 1988
