cauldron English · revision 2368

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈkɔːl.dɹən/, /ˈkəʊl.dɹən/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|caudron]],^(MW Collegiate)^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) [[bor|xno|cauderon]],^(MW Collegiate)^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) a diminutive or augmentative of ''caudere'' “basin”,^(MW Collegiate)^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) [[der|la-lat|caldāria|t=cooking pot]],^(MW Collegiate)^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) from Latin ''caldārius'' “used for hot water”,^(MW Collegiate)^(Etymonline) from ''calidus'' “warm”,^(MW Collegiate)^(Etymonline) [[der|ine-pro|*kele-|t=warm]].^(Etymonline) The ''-l-'' was inserted in the 15th century in imitation of Latin.^(Etymonline)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A large kettle or boiler (c1300).^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ From the cooking pot the word was transferred to natural formations shaped like a cauldron or with seething water (1413),^(OED 1989) and figuratively to any situation of intense agitation.^(MW Collegiate)^(Wiktionary) The spelling ''caldron'' remains a variant, preferred by the American Heritage Dictionary.^(AHD)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c1300 – a large kettle or boiler.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1413 – a natural formation like a cauldron.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1791 – verb, to put into a cauldron.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1909 – ''(geology)'' ''cauldron subsidence''.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A large kettle or boiler, used over an open fire.^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Something resembling a boiling cauldron in its violence or agitation.^(MW Collegiate)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[calorie]]

+ * [[chowder]]

+ * [[caldera]]

+ * [[scald]]

+ * [[coddle]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}