† spelunkn.

Forms: Middle English spelonk(e; Middle English–1500s spelunc, spelunk(e, 1500s speluncke.

Etymology: < Latin spelunca or Old French spelonque, spelunque. Compare Middle Dutch spelonke, spelunke (Dutch spelonk), Middle High German and German spelunke.

Obsolete.

A cave or cavern; a grotto.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hole or pit > [noun] > cave

covec950

denOE

cavec1220

rochea1300

spelunk13..

cavernc1374

cabin1377

speke1377

antruma1398

minea1398

thurse-house?c1450

crypt?a1475

vault1535

chamber1575

antre1585

underground1594

Peak1600

lustre?1615

open?1644

cunicle1657

subterranean1714

subterrane1759

loch1767

purgatory1797

vug1818

13.. S. Erkenwolde 49 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 267 Thre sperlis of þe spelunke..Was metely made of þe marbre.

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 270 Monkes and mendynauntz men bi hem-selue, In spekes an in spelonkes selden speken togideres.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xxiii. 9 Preye ȝe for me..that he ȝyue to me the dowble spelunk, or caue.

a1400–50 Alexander 5392 All spritis in þis spelonk here speke þai to-gedire.

1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) xxxvi. 60 Not hows of Marchaundyse nor pytte or spelonke for theues.

1511 Pylgrymage Richarde Guylforde (Pynson) f. xvij^v Into the firste of thyse two spelunkes entred the women.

1563 T. Becon Reliques of Rome (rev. ed.) 53 b Our recluses haue grates of yron in their spelunckes and dennes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

speˈlunk v. [as a back-formation] (intransitive) to explore caves as a hobby.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > potholing and caving > [verb (intransitive)]

pothole1953

spelunk1965

1965 R. McDowell Hound's Tooth vii. 105 They had no legitimate complaint if he chose to take Jenny spelunking in Hunter's Cave.

单词	spelunk
释义	† spelunkn. Forms: Middle English spelonk(e; Middle English–1500s spelunc, spelunk(e, 1500s speluncke. Etymology: < Latin spelunca or Old French spelonque, spelunque. Compare Middle Dutch spelonke, spelunke (Dutch spelonk), Middle High German and German spelunke. Obsolete. A cave or cavern; a grotto. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hole or pit > [noun] > cave covec950 denOE cavec1220 rochea1300 spelunk13.. cavernc1374 cabin1377 speke1377 antruma1398 minea1398 thurse-house?c1450 crypt?a1475 vault1535 chamber1575 antre1585 underground1594 Peak1600 lustre?1615 open?1644 cunicle1657 subterranean1714 subterrane1759 loch1767 purgatory1797 vug1818 13.. S. Erkenwolde 49 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 267 Thre sperlis of þe spelunke..Was metely made of þe marbre. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 270 Monkes and mendynauntz men bi hem-selue, In spekes an in spelonkes selden speken togideres. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xxiii. 9 Preye ȝe for me..that he ȝyue to me the dowble spelunk, or caue. a1400–50 Alexander 5392 All spritis in þis spelonk here speke þai to-gedire. 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) xxxvi. 60 Not hows of Marchaundyse nor pytte or spelonke for theues. 1511 Pylgrymage Richarde Guylforde (Pynson) f. xvij^v Into the firste of thyse two spelunkes entred the women. 1563 T. Becon Reliques of Rome (rev. ed.) 53 b Our recluses haue grates of yron in their spelunckes and dennes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020). > as lemmas speˈlunk speˈlunk v. [as a back-formation] (intransitive) to explore caves as a hobby. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > potholing and caving > [verb (intransitive)] pothole1953 spelunk1965 1965 R. McDowell Hound's Tooth vii. 105 They had no legitimate complaint if he chose to take Jenny spelunking in Hunter's Cave. extracted from spelunkern. < n.13.. as lemmas
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