earth-shakingadj.

Brit.

/ˈəːθˌʃeɪkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈərθˌʃeɪkɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: earth n.¹, shaking adj.

Etymology: < earth n.¹ + shaking adj. In sense 1 after various Latin and Greek epithets of Neptune (Poseidon), e.g. classical Latin Ennosigaeus (compare quot. 1687) and its etymon ancient Greek ἐννοσίγαιος, and also ancient Greek ἐνοσίχθων (compare quot. 1718); compare slightly earlier earth-shaker n. Compare also slightly earlier earthquaking adj. With sense 2 compare earlier earth-moving adj.

1. That shakes the earth; that causes earthquakes.Frequently used with reference to Poseidon or Neptune, the god of earthquakes. Cf. earth-shaker n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > convulsion > [adjective] > earthquake > earth-shaking

earth-shaking1591

earth-moving1729

1591 A. Fraunce Countesse of Pembrokes Yuychurch i. sig. A3 Prince of watery empire Earth-shaking Neptune.

1597 G. Markham tr. G. Pétau de Maulette Deuoreux xxxii. f. 6 Monsters, not men: Whom the earth-shaking heauens in thunder fram'd.

1637 J. Milton Comus 30 By th earth shaking Neptun's mace.

1651 J. Reading Guide to Holy City xxxi. 386 Thou hast passed by us with fire, storme, and earth-shaking indignation.

1687 T. Shadwell tr. Juvenal Tenth Satyr 17 He did in Chains..Earth-shaking Neptune [L. Ennosigaeum] bind.

1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xiv. 447 Clad in his Might th'Earth-shaking [Gk. ἐνοσίχθων] Pow'r appears.

1776 tr. R. E. Raspe Acct. some German Volcanos iii. i. 114 Neighbouring-volcanic ruins cause dreadful dreams of the earth-shaking contests of Pluto and Neptune.

1807 J. Barlow Columbiad iv. 135 Earth-shaking storms and constellated skies.

1875 H. W. Longfellow Pandora iii. sp. 8 The earth-shaking trident of Poseidon.

1907 Daily Chron. 8 Nov. 4/7 A traction engine..with the clankety-clank and the earth-shaking passage that suggests an earthquake.

1937 Discovery Oct. 307/1 Poseidon, the earthshaking god.

2001 B. Geddes World Food: Caribbean 126 Big, booming speakers with earth-shaking woofers that produce enough sound to fill an arena.

2. figurative. Of great importance or consequence; earth-shattering.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > of high or great importance

worthlyeOE

mickleeOE

greatc1225

right hand?c1225

solemna1387

materialc1475

superior1526

grand1542

weighty1558

main1581

pregnant1591

pregnate1598

materious1611

moliminous1642

momentous1656

magic1696

all-important1748

big1748

eventful1756

colossal1775

bread and butter1822

bada1825

key1832

all-absorbing1834

earth-moving?1834

earth-shaking1835

earth-shatteringa1859

high-ranking1874

beaucoup1917

major league1951

earth-stopping1956

crucial1957

1835 T. De Quincey in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 9/1 This feud was so capital and so earth-shaking a quarrel, that it occupied all hearts and all councils of Christendom.

1882 Wesleyan-Methodist Mag. Nov. 834/1 There befell also the earth-shaking calamity of the fall of Constantinople and the destruction of the Empire of the East.

1938 J. Anderson Amer. Theatre 55 He was a friend of Henry George, author of that earth-shaking Progress and Poverty.

1966 C. S. Ogilvy & J. T. Anderson Excursions Number Theory xi. 144 Besides, what if a study is not of earth-shaking importance?

2002 Dance Europe Feb. 58/2 Not earthshaking stuff, but two hours of Prokofiev's music and beautiful dance is not to be sniffed at.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	earth-shaking
释义	earth-shakingadj. Brit. /ˈəːθˌʃeɪkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈərθˌʃeɪkɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: earth n.¹, shaking adj. Etymology: < earth n.¹ + shaking adj. In sense 1 after various Latin and Greek epithets of Neptune (Poseidon), e.g. classical Latin Ennosigaeus (compare quot. 1687) and its etymon ancient Greek ἐννοσίγαιος, and also ancient Greek ἐνοσίχθων (compare quot. 1718); compare slightly earlier earth-shaker n. Compare also slightly earlier earthquaking adj. With sense 2 compare earlier earth-moving adj. 1. That shakes the earth; that causes earthquakes.Frequently used with reference to Poseidon or Neptune, the god of earthquakes. Cf. earth-shaker n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > convulsion > [adjective] > earthquake > earth-shaking earth-shaking1591 earth-moving1729 1591 A. Fraunce Countesse of Pembrokes Yuychurch i. sig. A3 Prince of watery empire Earth-shaking Neptune. 1597 G. Markham tr. G. Pétau de Maulette Deuoreux xxxii. f. 6 Monsters, not men: Whom the earth-shaking heauens in thunder fram'd. 1637 J. Milton Comus 30 By th earth shaking Neptun's mace. 1651 J. Reading Guide to Holy City xxxi. 386 Thou hast passed by us with fire, storme, and earth-shaking indignation. 1687 T. Shadwell tr. Juvenal Tenth Satyr 17 He did in Chains..Earth-shaking Neptune [L. Ennosigaeum] bind. 1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xiv. 447 Clad in his Might th'Earth-shaking [Gk. ἐνοσίχθων] Pow'r appears. 1776 tr. R. E. Raspe Acct. some German Volcanos iii. i. 114 Neighbouring-volcanic ruins cause dreadful dreams of the earth-shaking contests of Pluto and Neptune. 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad iv. 135 Earth-shaking storms and constellated skies. 1875 H. W. Longfellow Pandora iii. sp. 8 The earth-shaking trident of Poseidon. 1907 Daily Chron. 8 Nov. 4/7 A traction engine..with the clankety-clank and the earth-shaking passage that suggests an earthquake. 1937 Discovery Oct. 307/1 Poseidon, the earthshaking god. 2001 B. Geddes World Food: Caribbean 126 Big, booming speakers with earth-shaking woofers that produce enough sound to fill an arena. 2. figurative. Of great importance or consequence; earth-shattering. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > of high or great importance worthlyeOE mickleeOE greatc1225 right hand?c1225 solemna1387 materialc1475 superior1526 grand1542 weighty1558 main1581 pregnant1591 pregnate1598 materious1611 moliminous1642 momentous1656 magic1696 all-important1748 big1748 eventful1756 colossal1775 bread and butter1822 bada1825 key1832 all-absorbing1834 earth-moving?1834 earth-shaking1835 earth-shatteringa1859 high-ranking1874 beaucoup1917 major league1951 earth-stopping1956 crucial1957 1835 T. De Quincey in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 9/1 This feud was so capital and so earth-shaking a quarrel, that it occupied all hearts and all councils of Christendom. 1882 Wesleyan-Methodist Mag. Nov. 834/1 There befell also the earth-shaking calamity of the fall of Constantinople and the destruction of the Empire of the East. 1938 J. Anderson Amer. Theatre 55 He was a friend of Henry George, author of that earth-shaking Progress and Poverty. 1966 C. S. Ogilvy & J. T. Anderson Excursions Number Theory xi. 144 Besides, what if a study is not of earth-shaking importance? 2002 Dance Europe Feb. 58/2 Not earthshaking stuff, but two hours of Prokofiev's music and beautiful dance is not to be sniffed at. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1591
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