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Webster 1913 Edition


Fleshquake

Flesh′quakeˊ

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Noun.
A quaking or trembling of the flesh; a quiver.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Fleshquake

FLESH'QUAKE

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Noun.
A trembling of the flesh. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


fleshquake

fleshquake

English

Noun

fleshquake (plural fleshquakes)

  1. A tremor or quiver of the body.

References

  • 1777, Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language: "A tremour of the body ; a word formed by Johnson in imitation of earthquake."