earthquakyadj.

Brit.

/ˈəːθkweɪki/, U.S.

/ˈərθˌkweɪki/

Forms: 1800s– earthquakey, 1800s– earthquaky.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: earthquake n., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < earthquake n. + -y suffix¹.

Resembling the effect of or suggesting the motion of an earthquake; characteristic of an earthquake. Also: prone to earthquakes.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [adjective] > tottering > unstable

unstable1390

unsteadfasta1400

tickle1515

unstayed1594

unsteady1598

shittle1601

firmless1605

flitty1642

totty1652

shuttlec1682

unfirm1697

wankly1795

wankya1825

cockery1825

wobbly1833

tottlish1835

earthquaky1837

tottling1849

shaky1850

cockly1859

unsteadied1865

shoggy1866

wankle1869

wibblety-wobblety1877

cockerty1895

tipsy1895

rocky1900

wibbly-wobbly1901

tottly1905

topply1913

wibbly1914

1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xliv. 486 Legs shaky—head queer—round and round—earthquaky sort of feeling—very.

1846 W. M. Thackeray Notes Journey Cornhill to Cairo ii. 15 Many churches..had a dry, uncomfortable, earthquaky look, to my idea.

1865 B. Harte 29 Oct. in Amer. Lit. (1944) 16 132 He..built up his lectures rather on the solid foundations of Boston, than the earthquaky and shifting bases of our civilization.

1919 ‘K. Mansfield’ Let. 30 Nov. (1993) III. 128 Weather report: Dead calm, warm—some sun, earthquakey.

1936 G. K. Chesterton Autobiogr. viii. 183 In fact Fleet Street, not to mention my head, was a rather sea-sick and earthquaky sort of thing to stand on.

1992 Executive Female (Nexis) Jan. 42 Although we are used to living on earthquaky turf, this was the strongest shock on the infamous San Andreas fault since 1906.

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

单词	earthquaky
释义	earthquakyadj. Brit. /ˈəːθkweɪki/, U.S. /ˈərθˌkweɪki/ Forms: 1800s– earthquakey, 1800s– earthquaky. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: earthquake n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < earthquake n. + -y suffix¹. Resembling the effect of or suggesting the motion of an earthquake; characteristic of an earthquake. Also: prone to earthquakes. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [adjective] > tottering > unstable unstable1390 unsteadfasta1400 tickle1515 unstayed1594 unsteady1598 shittle1601 firmless1605 flitty1642 totty1652 shuttlec1682 unfirm1697 wankly1795 wankya1825 cockery1825 wobbly1833 tottlish1835 earthquaky1837 tottling1849 shaky1850 cockly1859 unsteadied1865 shoggy1866 wankle1869 wibblety-wobblety1877 cockerty1895 tipsy1895 rocky1900 wibbly-wobbly1901 tottly1905 topply1913 wibbly1914 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xliv. 486 Legs shaky—head queer—round and round—earthquaky sort of feeling—very. 1846 W. M. Thackeray Notes Journey Cornhill to Cairo ii. 15 Many churches..had a dry, uncomfortable, earthquaky look, to my idea. 1865 B. Harte 29 Oct. in Amer. Lit. (1944) 16 132 He..built up his lectures rather on the solid foundations of Boston, than the earthquaky and shifting bases of our civilization. 1919 ‘K. Mansfield’ Let. 30 Nov. (1993) III. 128 Weather report: Dead calm, warm—some sun, earthquakey. 1936 G. K. Chesterton Autobiogr. viii. 183 In fact Fleet Street, not to mention my head, was a rather sea-sick and earthquaky sort of thing to stand on. 1992 Executive Female (Nexis) Jan. 42 Although we are used to living on earthquaky turf, this was the strongest shock on the infamous San Andreas fault since 1906. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1837
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