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earthiness|ˈɜːθɪnɪs|
[f. earthy a. + -ness.]
1. The quality of being earthy; the properties characteristic of earth as a substance or as an ‘element’.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. cxxiv. (1495) 685 Tame peres grene..be soure: but in sethynge..wyth hony..the erthynesse..therof maye be somwhat tempryd. 1678R. R[ussell] Geber ii. ii. i. x. 166 We find Bodies of more Earthiness of more easie Calcination. 1750tr. Leonardus' Mirr. Stones 18 There is no stone but will, by reason of its earthiness, sink in water. 1870Reade Put yourself in his Pl. III. 275 The water had a foul and appalling odour, a compound of earthiness and putrescence.
†b. concr. Earthy matter. Obs.
1528Paynell Salerne Regim. B iij b, The moystnes therof [of fleme] is conieyled and some what altered to erthynes. 1641French Distill. i. (1651) 19 The Spirit..ariseth..without any earthinesse mixed with it. 1693Evelyn De la Quint. Compl. Gard. I. 124 Having a juice extremely sweet and sugred, leaving no Earthiness or Lees behind it.
2. fig. = earthliness 1.
1670Walton Lives iv. 340 This dignity hath no such earthiness in it, but it may very well be joined with Heaven. 1849Ruskin Sev. Lamps v. §24. 161 There is dreaming enough, and earthiness enough..in human existence. 1864D. Mitchell Sev. Stor. 265 The eyes are living eyes, but with no touch of earthiness. |
