mai tain.

Brit.

/ˈmʌɪ tʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈmaɪ ˌtaɪ/

Forms: 1900s– mai tai, 1900s– mai-tai, 1900s– maitai. Also with capital initial.

Origin: Probably a borrowing from Tahitian. Etymon: Tahitian maitaʔi.

Etymology: Probably < Tahitian maitaʔi good, nice, pleasant, cognate with Hawaiian maikaʔi and Rarotongan meitaki good.Compare the following claim of coinage (the drink is not mentioned in the 1947 ed. of this work):1972 Trader Vic's Bartender's Guide (rev. ed.) 163 In 1944..I [sc. V. J. Bergeron] felt a new drink was needed...Carrie [sc. a friend from Tahiti] took one sip and said, ‘Mai Tai—Roa Aé.’ In Tahitian this means ‘Out of this world—the best.’ Well, that was that. I named the drink ‘Mai Tai’.

A cocktail based on light rum, with added curaçao and fruit juices.

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mai tai?c1950

Dark and Stormy1983

?c1950 Menu (Buena Vista Cafe, San Francisco) Bar menu... Marguerita .75..Mai tai 1.00.

1958 Los Angeles Times 19 May b5 In the [Hawaiian] islands, a rum is mandatory... The waiter brought something called a mai tai. A mai tai, I find out later, is about 14 different shades of rum mixed together and ‘diluted’ with a float of liqueur to smooth it out.

1963 San Francisco Sunday Chron. 22 Dec. 22/6 You can sip a mai tai, lunch on mahi mahi..and thus take the most painless tour the islands have to offer.

1973 Newsweek 15 Oct. 22 [Richard Nixon] spent an effervescent night on the town.., dining on mai-tais, crab Rangoon, sweet-and-sour pork and almond duck at Trader Vic's.

1984 Times 19 Dec. g/2 Pubs..are serving Mai Tais and Mint Juleps.

1991 V. Bugliosi Sea will Tell i. 17 They stay in glitzy resort hotels, down premixed Mai Tais served by waitresses in synthetic grass skirts, and tap their toes to the canned melodies of Don Ho.

1998 New Yorker 23 Feb. 76/1 Cocktails—Manhattans, Greyhounds, mai tais—were imperative and drugs were easy to come by.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mai tai
释义	mai tain. Brit. /ˈmʌɪ tʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈmaɪ ˌtaɪ/ Forms: 1900s– mai tai, 1900s– mai-tai, 1900s– maitai. Also with capital initial. Origin: Probably a borrowing from Tahitian. Etymon: Tahitian maitaʔi. Etymology: Probably < Tahitian maitaʔi good, nice, pleasant, cognate with Hawaiian maikaʔi and Rarotongan meitaki good.Compare the following claim of coinage (the drink is not mentioned in the 1947 ed. of this work):1972 Trader Vic's Bartender's Guide (rev. ed.) 163 In 1944..I [sc. V. J. Bergeron] felt a new drink was needed...Carrie [sc. a friend from Tahiti] took one sip and said, ‘Mai Tai—Roa Aé.’ In Tahitian this means ‘Out of this world—the best.’ Well, that was that. I named the drink ‘Mai Tai’. A cocktail based on light rum, with added curaçao and fruit juices. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > cocktail > [noun] > rum cocktail bumbo1701 rum cocktail1841 silky1852 planter's punch1878 Cuba libre1898 daiquiri1920 piña colada1920 presidente1928 mojito1934 zombie1938 mai tai?c1950 Dark and Stormy1983 ?c1950 Menu (Buena Vista Cafe, San Francisco) Bar menu... Marguerita .75..Mai tai 1.00. 1958 Los Angeles Times 19 May b5 In the [Hawaiian] islands, a rum is mandatory... The waiter brought something called a mai tai. A mai tai, I find out later, is about 14 different shades of rum mixed together and ‘diluted’ with a float of liqueur to smooth it out. 1963 San Francisco Sunday Chron. 22 Dec. 22/6 You can sip a mai tai, lunch on mahi mahi..and thus take the most painless tour the islands have to offer. 1973 Newsweek 15 Oct. 22 [Richard Nixon] spent an effervescent night on the town.., dining on mai-tais, crab Rangoon, sweet-and-sour pork and almond duck at Trader Vic's. 1984 Times 19 Dec. g/2 Pubs..are serving Mai Tais and Mint Juleps. 1991 V. Bugliosi Sea will Tell i. 17 They stay in glitzy resort hotels, down premixed Mai Tais served by waitresses in synthetic grass skirts, and tap their toes to the canned melodies of Don Ho. 1998 New Yorker 23 Feb. 76/1 Cocktails—Manhattans, Greyhounds, mai tais—were imperative and drugs were easy to come by. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?c1950
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