† metifn.

Forms: 1800s maitiff, 1800s metiff, 1800s metif, 1800s métif.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French métif.

Etymology: < French métif person with parents of different races (1740; 1701 in form mestif ), use as noun of Middle French mestif , French métif , variant (with suffix substitution) of Middle French mestis , French métis (see metis n.).The pronunciation of this word has varied considerably. Early evidence implies a degree of naturalization: the spelling in quot. 1805 suggests a pronunciation /ˈmeɪtɪf/, while Webster (1886) and Cent. Dict. (1890) give the pronunciation /ˈmiːtɪf/. N.E.D. (1906) gives two naturalized variants, (mēⁱ·tif, mī·tif) /ˈmeɪtɪf/ /ˈmiːtɪf/ and the explicitly non-naturalized (‖metif) /metif/. Later evidence suggests that the word was regarded as not fully naturalized, and was therefore stressed on the second syllable, but since no 20th-cent. examples have been found outside dictionaries, it is difficult to be certain.

Obsolete. Originally and chiefly North American.

A person with having mixed white and American Indian parentage. Also more generally: a person with parents of different ethnic origin. Cf. metis n. 1.

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the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > mixed race > [noun] > white and black > person

mulatto1591

mulat1678

mustee1699

quadroon1707

quintroon1769

terceroon1772

blue skin1788

metif1805

musteefinoa1818

Morisco1819

octoon1840

griff1850

octoroon1854

Conchy Joe1888

mustard seed1926

1805 J. Sibley in Deb. Congr. U.S. (1852) II. App. 1081 Some of the women who had been servants in good families..married maitiffs of the country.

1808 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi (1895) II. 510 The hospitality and goodness of the Creoles and Metifs began to manifest itself.

1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie I. x. 281 The metiffs or half-breeds, who claimed to be ranked in the class of white men.

1836 G. Back Narr. Arctic Land Exped. ii. 62 My crew..consisted of an Englishman,—a man from Stornaway,—two Canadians,—two Métifs (or half-breeds),—and three Iroquois Indians.

1864 E. Sargent Peculiar I. 42 A certain metif girl.

1884 G. P. Lathrop True ii. 14 She was not of octoroon or metif parentage.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	metif
释义	† metifn. Forms: 1800s maitiff, 1800s metiff, 1800s metif, 1800s métif. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French métif. Etymology: < French métif person with parents of different races (1740; 1701 in form mestif ), use as noun of Middle French mestif , French métif , variant (with suffix substitution) of Middle French mestis , French métis (see metis n.).The pronunciation of this word has varied considerably. Early evidence implies a degree of naturalization: the spelling in quot. 1805 suggests a pronunciation /ˈmeɪtɪf/, while Webster (1886) and Cent. Dict. (1890) give the pronunciation /ˈmiːtɪf/. N.E.D. (1906) gives two naturalized variants, (mēⁱ·tif, mī·tif) /ˈmeɪtɪf/ /ˈmiːtɪf/ and the explicitly non-naturalized (‖metif) /metif/. Later evidence suggests that the word was regarded as not fully naturalized, and was therefore stressed on the second syllable, but since no 20th-cent. examples have been found outside dictionaries, it is difficult to be certain. Obsolete. Originally and chiefly North American. A person with having mixed white and American Indian parentage. Also more generally: a person with parents of different ethnic origin. Cf. metis n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > mixed race > [noun] > white and black > person mulatto1591 mulat1678 mustee1699 quadroon1707 quintroon1769 terceroon1772 blue skin1788 metif1805 musteefinoa1818 Morisco1819 octoon1840 griff1850 octoroon1854 Conchy Joe1888 mustard seed1926 1805 J. Sibley in Deb. Congr. U.S. (1852) II. App. 1081 Some of the women who had been servants in good families..married maitiffs of the country. 1808 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi (1895) II. 510 The hospitality and goodness of the Creoles and Metifs began to manifest itself. 1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie I. x. 281 The metiffs or half-breeds, who claimed to be ranked in the class of white men. 1836 G. Back Narr. Arctic Land Exped. ii. 62 My crew..consisted of an Englishman,—a man from Stornaway,—two Canadians,—two Métifs (or half-breeds),—and three Iroquois Indians. 1864 E. Sargent Peculiar I. 42 A certain metif girl. 1884 G. P. Lathrop True ii. 14 She was not of octoroon or metif parentage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1805
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