MAN-OF-THE-EARTH Definition & Meaning

man-of-the-earth

[ man-uhv-thee-urth, -urth ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

plural men-of-the-earth, man-of-the-earths.

a morning glory, Ipomoea pandurata, of eastern North America, having white flowers and a very large, tuberous root.

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An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

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"If you were not such a man-of-the-earth, you would know that to cut out one line of one prayer is enough to set all the Rabbis excommunicating."

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One has to dig deep to find the huge, fleshy, potato-like root from which the vine derived its name of man-of-the-earth.

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