earthen

== English == === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈɝθən/ (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɜː(ɹ)θən/, /ˈɜː(ɹ)ðən/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)θən, -ɜː(ɹ)ðən Homophone: Earthan === Etymology 1 === From Middle English erthen, urthen, from Old English eorþen, yrþen, ierþen (“made of earth”), from Proto-Germanic *irþīnaz. Cognate with Dutch aarden (“earthen”), German irden (“earthen”). By surface analysis, earth +‎ -en (“made of”). ==== Adjective ==== 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 […] (especially of pottery) Made of clay. 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, […] (archaic) Earthly. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From earth + -en (“to make like”). ==== Verb ==== earthen (third-person singular simple present earthens, present participle earthening, simple past and past participle earthened) (transitive) to provide or add soil to (transitive) to make earthly or earthlike === Anagrams === traheen, earneth, rhenate, Hatrene, Teheran, hearten