earthen
UK /ˈɜː(ɹ)θən/ · US /ˈɝθən/ adjective, verb
Forms earthens earthening earthened
- adjective Made of earth or mud.
- adjective (especially of pottery) Made of clay.
- adjective (archaic) Earthly.
- verb (transitive) to provide or add soil to
- verb (transitive) to make earthly or earthlike
Etymology
From Middle English erthen, urthen, from Old English eorþen, yrþen, ierþen (“made of earth”), from Proto-Germanic *irþīnaz. Cognate with Dutch aarden (“earthen”), German irden (“earthen”). By surface analysis, earth + -en (“made of”).
From earth + -en (“to make like”).
Webster’s 1913
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “earthen”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details