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earthen


adjective

  1. composed of earth.
  2. worldly.

adjective (prenominal)

  1. made of baked clayan earthen pot
  2. made of earth
adj.

early 13c., “made of earth;” see earth + -en (2). Not attested in Old English (where eorðen meant “of or in the earth”). Cognate of Old High German irdin, Gothic airþeins. Meaning “made of clay” is attested from late 14c.

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