terremote

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French terremote, terremoete, from Latin terraemotus (“earthquake”), from terra (“the earth”) + mōtus (“movement”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɛriˌmɔːt(ə)/

Noun

terremote (plural terremotes)

(rare) An earthquake.
- c. 1386–1390, John Gower, Reinhold Pauli, editor, Confessio Amantis of John Gower: Edited and Collated with the Best Manuscripts, volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Bell and Daldy […], published 1857, →OCLC:
  he schok […] As it a terremote were
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References

terremote in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
“terre-mote, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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