mother earthn.

Brit.

/ˌmʌðə(r) ˈəːθ/, U.S.

/ˌməðər ˈərθ/

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

Etymology: < mother n.¹ + earth n.¹ Compare classical Latin Terra Māter earth personified as a goddess. Compare also German Muttererde loam, soil, Mutter Erde the earth considered as a mother (both 18th cent.).

1. The earth considered as the mother of its inhabitants and products. Also more generally: the ground.While personification is still common, with capital initials and omission of the article, the use of a possessive adjective is now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > [noun]

all the worldeOE

mouldOE

worldOE

earthOE

earthricheOE

foldOE

worldricheOE

motherOE

wonec1275

mound?a1300

wildernessa1340

mappemondea1393

lower worlda1398

the whole worlda1513

orba1550

the (also this) globe1553

the earthly globe1553

mother earth1568

the glimpses of the moon1603

universe1630

outer world1661

terrene1667

Orphic egg1684

Midgard1770

all outdoors1833

Planet Earth1858

overworld1911

Spaceship Earth1966

the world > the earth > land > ground > [noun]

ground971

earthOE

fleta1000

foldOE

landOE

floor?a1400

soila1400

margin?a1425

yird1433

sulye1434

swardc1440

leaa1475

paithmentc1480

visagea1500

crust1555

mother earth1568

solum1829

carpet1918

deck1925

dutty1925

the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > specific thing as > the earth as

mother earth1568

earth mother1832

earth goddess1835

1568 G. Turberville tr. D. Mancinus Plaine Path to Perfect Vertue sig. Fij And all the while in bellie of His mother Earth it lies, The want of humour in the seede The moistie soile supplies.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ii. sig. B5^v He..With bloudy mouth his mother earth did kis.

c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme cxlvi. 11 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 247 His strength is none: if any, in his breath: Which vapor'd foorth to mother earth he goes.

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. ii. 189 Where is this yong gallant, that is so desirous to lie with his mother earth ?

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 687 Men also..Rifl'd the bowels of thir mother Earth For Treasures better hid.

1696 N. Tate & N. Brady New Version Psalms of David civ. 29 Forthwith to mother Earth return.

1719 J. Barker Exilius (ed. 2) II. ii. 200 We..at Night repos'd our selves on our Mother-Earth, one of us being oblig'd to watch whilst the other slept.

1766 Compl. Farmer at Vegetation The sun..cannot either help the mother earth in her pregnancy, nor [etc.].

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 347 It was not made to entice the smell of a mole, nuzzling and burying himself in his mother earth .

1829 P. Egan Boxiana New Ser. II. 462 Peter..planted on poor Jem's cheek one of Bob Gregson's wisty castors, that laid the gay Black Diamond on his mother earth.

1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) xiv, in Writings I. 137 It is..made a misdemeanour against mother earth to sleep..with only the heavens above the sleeper.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 292 The unbounded treasures of mother earth.

1906 A. E. Whatham in Amer. Jrnl. Relig. & Psychol. 2 44 In nature-worship, all natural orifices were reverenced as representing the yoni of the mother-earth goddess.

1958 W. R. Trask tr. M. Eliade Birth & Rebirth iii. 51 The return [to the womb] implies the risk of being torn to pieces in the monster's jaws (or in the vagina dentata of Mother Earth).

1998 S. Reynolds Energy Flash v. 138 Using technology to unlock the primal energy of Mother Earth.

†2. Horticulture and Agriculture. = loam n. 3. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > kind of earth or soil > [noun] > organic soil > loam

loam1699

mother earth1731

1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Earths By Loam he means, that Degree of Earth, that partakes equally of Sand and Clay; and this he calls Mother-Earth, being a Medium between Sand and Clay.

1766 Compl. Farmer at Mould Mould, a loose kind of earth, every where obvious on the surface of the ground, called by some mother earth, and by others loam.

1777 Farmer's Mag. Sept. 303^* Equal quantities of sand and clay..seem the most likely to afford that desirable soil we seek after, where the natural loam or mother earth cannot easily be obtained.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mother earth
释义	mother earthn. Brit. /ˌmʌðə(r) ˈəːθ/, U.S. /ˌməðər ˈərθ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mother n.¹, earth n.¹ Etymology: < mother n.¹ + earth n.¹ Compare classical Latin Terra Māter earth personified as a goddess. Compare also German Muttererde loam, soil, Mutter Erde the earth considered as a mother (both 18th cent.). 1. The earth considered as the mother of its inhabitants and products. Also more generally: the ground.While personification is still common, with capital initials and omission of the article, the use of a possessive adjective is now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > [noun] all the worldeOE mouldOE worldOE earthOE earthricheOE foldOE worldricheOE motherOE wonec1275 mound?a1300 wildernessa1340 mappemondea1393 lower worlda1398 the whole worlda1513 orba1550 the (also this) globe1553 the earthly globe1553 mother earth1568 the glimpses of the moon1603 universe1630 outer world1661 terrene1667 Orphic egg1684 Midgard1770 all outdoors1833 Planet Earth1858 overworld1911 Spaceship Earth1966 the world > the earth > land > ground > [noun] ground971 earthOE fleta1000 foldOE landOE floor?a1400 soila1400 margin?a1425 yird1433 sulye1434 swardc1440 leaa1475 paithmentc1480 visagea1500 crust1555 mother earth1568 solum1829 carpet1918 deck1925 dutty1925 the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > specific thing as > the earth as mother earth1568 earth mother1832 earth goddess1835 1568 G. Turberville tr. D. Mancinus Plaine Path to Perfect Vertue sig. Fij And all the while in bellie of His mother Earth it lies, The want of humour in the seede The moistie soile supplies. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ii. sig. B5^v He..With bloudy mouth his mother earth did kis. c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme cxlvi. 11 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 247 His strength is none: if any, in his breath: Which vapor'd foorth to mother earth he goes. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. ii. 189 Where is this yong gallant, that is so desirous to lie with his mother earth ? View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 687 Men also..Rifl'd the bowels of thir mother Earth For Treasures better hid. View more context for this quotation 1696 N. Tate & N. Brady New Version Psalms of David civ. 29 Forthwith to mother Earth return. 1719 J. Barker Exilius (ed. 2) II. ii. 200 We..at Night repos'd our selves on our Mother-Earth, one of us being oblig'd to watch whilst the other slept. 1766 Compl. Farmer at Vegetation The sun..cannot either help the mother earth in her pregnancy, nor [etc.]. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 347 It was not made to entice the smell of a mole, nuzzling and burying himself in his mother earth . View more context for this quotation 1829 P. Egan Boxiana New Ser. II. 462 Peter..planted on poor Jem's cheek one of Bob Gregson's wisty castors, that laid the gay Black Diamond on his mother earth. 1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) xiv, in Writings I. 137 It is..made a misdemeanour against mother earth to sleep..with only the heavens above the sleeper. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 292 The unbounded treasures of mother earth. 1906 A. E. Whatham in Amer. Jrnl. Relig. & Psychol. 2 44 In nature-worship, all natural orifices were reverenced as representing the yoni of the mother-earth goddess. 1958 W. R. Trask tr. M. Eliade Birth & Rebirth iii. 51 The return [to the womb] implies the risk of being torn to pieces in the monster's jaws (or in the vagina dentata of Mother Earth). 1998 S. Reynolds Energy Flash v. 138 Using technology to unlock the primal energy of Mother Earth. †2. Horticulture and Agriculture. = loam n. 3. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > kind of earth or soil > [noun] > organic soil > loam loam1699 mother earth1731 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Earths By Loam he means, that Degree of Earth, that partakes equally of Sand and Clay; and this he calls Mother-Earth, being a Medium between Sand and Clay. 1766 Compl. Farmer at Mould Mould, a loose kind of earth, every where obvious on the surface of the ground, called by some mother earth, and by others loam. 1777 Farmer's Mag. Sept. 303^* Equal quantities of sand and clay..seem the most likely to afford that desirable soil we seek after, where the natural loam or mother earth cannot easily be obtained. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1568
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