groundswelln.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ground n., swell n.

Etymology: < ground n. + swell n.

a. A deep swell or heavy rolling of the sea, the result of a distant storm or seismic disturbance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > state of sea > [noun] > swell

surge1567

sea-gate1583

swella1616

running1622

groundswell1818

backwater1838

after-roll1858

wallow1868

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iv, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 93 The agitation of the waters, called by sailors the ground-swell.

1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast i. 2 The vessel..rolled with the heavy ground swell.

1877 W. Black Green Pastures (1878) xxviii. 221 Crashing its way through the rolling waves of a heavy ground-swell.

b. figurative. Usually with reference to mental or political agitation.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > public excitement > [noun] > wave of

groundswell1817

wave1851

1817 S. T. Coleridge Zapolya i.i. 57 It is the ground-swell of a teeming instinct.

1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. 91 The religious world was rocking still with the groundswell that followed those stormy synods.

1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 219 The deep-raking, ground~swell of passion, as we see it in the sarcasm of Lear.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	groundswell
释义	groundswelln. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ground n., swell n. Etymology: < ground n. + swell n. a. A deep swell or heavy rolling of the sea, the result of a distant storm or seismic disturbance. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > state of sea > [noun] > swell surge1567 sea-gate1583 swella1616 running1622 groundswell1818 backwater1838 after-roll1858 wallow1868 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iv, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 93 The agitation of the waters, called by sailors the ground-swell. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast i. 2 The vessel..rolled with the heavy ground swell. 1877 W. Black Green Pastures (1878) xxviii. 221 Crashing its way through the rolling waves of a heavy ground-swell. b. figurative. Usually with reference to mental or political agitation. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > public excitement > [noun] > wave of groundswell1817 wave1851 1817 S. T. Coleridge Zapolya i.i. 57 It is the ground-swell of a teeming instinct. 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. 91 The religious world was rocking still with the groundswell that followed those stormy synods. 1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 219 The deep-raking, ground~swell of passion, as we see it in the sarcasm of Lear. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1817
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