earthwomann.

Brit.

/ˈəːθˌwʊmən/, U.S.

/ˈərθˌwʊmən/

Inflections: Plural earth-women.

Forms: also (in senses 1 and 3) with capital initial.

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

Etymology: < earth n.¹ + woman n., after earthman n.

†1. With capital initial. A female Earthman (earthman n. 3). Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1861 J. Payn Richard Arbour 335 The Earthwoman had given her bracelet as the woman in the parable had bestowed her mite.

2. A woman or female being whose life and instincts are closely allied with the natural world.

ΚΠ

1892 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 5 293 The Rabbit is always spoken of as dwelling in a lodge with his grandmother..the Earth Woman, the parent of the Indian race.

1904 G. K. Chesterton G. F. Watts 126 He would see giants and the sea..and brown earth-men and red earth-women lying in the heaps of greens and browns and reds.

1957 D. Levertov Here & Now 8 The earthwoman has oaktree arms. Her children full of blood and milk stamp through the woods shouting.

1996 C. Higson Getting Rid of Mr Kitchen x. 118 We've got the microchip. We've got Darwin. You can rub your crystals, earth-woman, but the bomb is dropping.

3. Chiefly Science Fiction. A female native or inhabitant of the planet earth.

ΚΠ

1925 San Antonio (Texas) Light 11 July 1/1 More primitive religions..represent their gods as liars, cheats and destroyers of earth women.

1934 F. K. Freas in Astounding Stories Sept. 77/2 I, in common with every other Earthman and Earthwoman, had been flexed and shaped by the insistent pounding of the Combine.

1955 ‘J. Wyndham’ in ‘E. Crispin’ Best S.F. 72 He greeted Lellie [sc. a Martian] just as if she were an Earth woman.

1986 D. Palumbo Erotic Universe 288 Martians want to breed with Earthwomen.

1999 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 17 Jan. c6 Reich believed that he was the product of a relationship between an alien and an earthwoman.

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

单词	earthwoman
释义	earthwomann. Brit. /ˈəːθˌwʊmən/, U.S. /ˈərθˌwʊmən/ Inflections: Plural earth-women. Forms: also (in senses 1 and 3) with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: earth n.¹, woman n. Etymology: < earth n.¹ + woman n., after earthman n. †1. With capital initial. A female Earthman (earthman n. 3). Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1861 J. Payn Richard Arbour 335 The Earthwoman had given her bracelet as the woman in the parable had bestowed her mite. 2. A woman or female being whose life and instincts are closely allied with the natural world. ΚΠ 1892 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 5 293 The Rabbit is always spoken of as dwelling in a lodge with his grandmother..the Earth Woman, the parent of the Indian race. 1904 G. K. Chesterton G. F. Watts 126 He would see giants and the sea..and brown earth-men and red earth-women lying in the heaps of greens and browns and reds. 1957 D. Levertov Here & Now 8 The earthwoman has oaktree arms. Her children full of blood and milk stamp through the woods shouting. 1996 C. Higson Getting Rid of Mr Kitchen x. 118 We've got the microchip. We've got Darwin. You can rub your crystals, earth-woman, but the bomb is dropping. 3. Chiefly Science Fiction. A female native or inhabitant of the planet earth. ΚΠ 1925 San Antonio (Texas) Light 11 July 1/1 More primitive religions..represent their gods as liars, cheats and destroyers of earth women. 1934 F. K. Freas in Astounding Stories Sept. 77/2 I, in common with every other Earthman and Earthwoman, had been flexed and shaped by the insistent pounding of the Combine. 1955 ‘J. Wyndham’ in ‘E. Crispin’ Best S.F. 72 He greeted Lellie [sc. a Martian] just as if she were an Earth woman. 1986 D. Palumbo Erotic Universe 288 Martians want to breed with Earthwomen. 1999 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 17 Jan. c6 Reich believed that he was the product of a relationship between an alien and an earthwoman. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1861
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