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)

1. (rare) An earthquake.
   • c. 1386–1390, John Gower, edited by Reinhold Pauli, Confessio Amantis of John Gower: Edited and Collated with the Best Manuscripts, volumes (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Bell and Daldy […], published 1857, →OCLC:

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References

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