earthshaking

English

Alternative forms

  • earth-shaking
  • earth shaking (obsolete)

Etymology

From earth +‎ shaking as a calque of Ancient Greek ἐννοσίγαιος (ennosígaios), ἐνοσίχθων (enosíkhthōn).

Adjective

earthshaking (comparative more earthshaking, superlative most earthshaking)

  1. Causing the earth to vibrate; very loud.
  2. Of global consequence or importance.

Synonyms

Derived terms

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.