malpaisn.

Brit.

/malpɑːˈiːs/, U.S.

/ˌmɑlpɑˈis/

Inflections: Plural unchanged.

Forms: 1800s mal pais, 1800s– malpais.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish mal país.

Etymology: < Spanish mal país < malo bad ( < classical Latin malus : see mal- prefix) + país country (see peasant n.). Compare badlands n.Also in United States regional use in spellings representing variant pronunciations, as malapai, malapais, malipi, mallapy, malpiar.

Usually U.S. regional (south-western).

(a) Rugged or difficult country of volcanic origin; a region of bare solidified lava. (b) Basaltic lava.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > ground > [noun] > rough > type of

peat hag1815

malpais1844

pedregal1881

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > volcanic formations > [noun] > lava formations > others

pahoehoe1825

malpais1844

spatter rampart1856

ring wall1858

aa1859

pedregal1881

pillow structure1897

pillow1899

pillow lava1903

block lava1914

ring dyke1915

louderback1930

1844 G. W. Kendall Narr. Santa Fé Exped. II. 384 We had crossed the mal pais, or bad country, as it is called.

1847 G. F. Ruxton Adventures Mexico & Rocky Mts. xi. 79 The tract of country known as the Mal Pais, a most interesting volcanic region.

1896 National Geographic Mag. 7 295 Bench mesas may be classified by structure into bolson mesas, stream-terrace mesas, talus-fan mesas, and malpais mesas.

1918 C. E. Mulford Man from Bar-20 xvii. 178 Slipping on the treacherous malpais and loose stones.

1919 J. S. Chase Calif. Desert Trails 193 The spur ran out at last in a tongue of yellowish rock of the malpais kind.

1942 T. H. Kearney & R. H. Peebles Flowering Plants Arizona 17 Some of these are limestone areas, whereas others are volcanic, locally known as ‘mallapy’ (mal pais).

1983 Bustard Stud. No. 1. 3 Volcanic activity resumed 2 million years ago, and basaltic effusions created fairly extensive tracts of tefra known as malpais..; the two largest patches..[on Fuerteventura] lie along the north-facing coast west of Corralejo and on the central plain east of Tuineje.

1990 T. Hillerman Coyote Waits xxii. 263 Then he found other tracks... They led up into the malpais.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	malpais
释义	malpaisn. Brit. /malpɑːˈiːs/, U.S. /ˌmɑlpɑˈis/ Inflections: Plural unchanged. Forms: 1800s mal pais, 1800s– malpais. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish mal país. Etymology: < Spanish mal país < malo bad ( < classical Latin malus : see mal- prefix) + país country (see peasant n.). Compare badlands n.Also in United States regional use in spellings representing variant pronunciations, as malapai, malapais, malipi, mallapy, malpiar. Usually U.S. regional (south-western). (a) Rugged or difficult country of volcanic origin; a region of bare solidified lava. (b) Basaltic lava. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > ground > [noun] > rough > type of peat hag1815 malpais1844 pedregal1881 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > volcanic formations > [noun] > lava formations > others pahoehoe1825 malpais1844 spatter rampart1856 ring wall1858 aa1859 pedregal1881 pillow structure1897 pillow1899 pillow lava1903 block lava1914 ring dyke1915 louderback1930 1844 G. W. Kendall Narr. Santa Fé Exped. II. 384 We had crossed the mal pais, or bad country, as it is called. 1847 G. F. Ruxton Adventures Mexico & Rocky Mts. xi. 79 The tract of country known as the Mal Pais, a most interesting volcanic region. 1896 National Geographic Mag. 7 295 Bench mesas may be classified by structure into bolson mesas, stream-terrace mesas, talus-fan mesas, and malpais mesas. 1918 C. E. Mulford Man from Bar-20 xvii. 178 Slipping on the treacherous malpais and loose stones. 1919 J. S. Chase Calif. Desert Trails 193 The spur ran out at last in a tongue of yellowish rock of the malpais kind. 1942 T. H. Kearney & R. H. Peebles Flowering Plants Arizona 17 Some of these are limestone areas, whereas others are volcanic, locally known as ‘mallapy’ (mal pais). 1983 Bustard Stud. No. 1. 3 Volcanic activity resumed 2 million years ago, and basaltic effusions created fairly extensive tracts of tefra known as malpais..; the two largest patches..[on Fuerteventura] lie along the north-facing coast west of Corralejo and on the central plain east of Tuineje. 1990 T. Hillerman Coyote Waits xxii. 263 Then he found other tracks... They led up into the malpais. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1844
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