Pierced Nosen.adj.

Brit.

/ˈpɪəst nəʊz/, U.S.

/ˈpɪrst ˌnoʊz/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: pierced adj., nose n.

Etymology: < pierced adj. + nose n., after French Nez Percé Nez Perce n. Compare pierced-nosed adj. at pierced adj. Compounds.

Now rare.

= Nez Perce n. 1. Also as adj.: = Nez Perce adj.

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the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of Great Basin and Plateau > [noun]

snake1791

Kutenai1801

Pierced Nose1805

Shoshone1805

Tillamook1806

Wallawalla1806

Nez Perce1811

Ute1826

Paiute1827

Spokane1831

Sahaptin1836

flat-head1837

Shuswap1838

Twana1838

Salish1843

Molale1844

Washoe1846

Yakima1852

Skokomish1854

Klamath1890

1805 M. Lewis Jrnl. 14 Aug. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1988) V. 89 The persed nosed Indians who inhabit the river below.]

1805 W. Clark Jrnl. 20 Sept. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1988) V. 222 They call themselves Cho pun-nish or Pierced Noses.

1831 R. Cox Adventures Columbia River II. vi. 122 We had many reasons to suspect that the Pierced-noses..were actuated by feelings of hostility.

1844 D. Lee & J. H. Frost Ten Years in Oregon v. 51 Here we found an encampment of the Nez-percés, or Pierced-nose Indians.

1908 Mem. Amer. Anthropol. Assoc. 2 172 Ross says the people are called Pierced Noses from the custom ‘of having their noses bored to hold a certain white shell like the fluke of an anchor’.

1967 Amer. Anthropologist 69 505/2 It is natural that names such as Flatheads, Blackfeet, and Pierced Noses suggest that one is traveling to a Brobdingnag.

2002 Washington Post (Nexis) 18 Jan. a24 French Canadian trappers met Nez Perce (‘Pierced Noses’) and Gros Ventre (‘Big Bellies’) Indians.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pierced nose
释义	Pierced Nosen.adj. Brit. /ˈpɪəst nəʊz/, U.S. /ˈpɪrst ˌnoʊz/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: pierced adj., nose n. Etymology: < pierced adj. + nose n., after French Nez Percé Nez Perce n. Compare pierced-nosed adj. at pierced adj. Compounds. Now rare. = Nez Perce n. 1. Also as adj.: = Nez Perce adj. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of Great Basin and Plateau > [noun] snake1791 Kutenai1801 Pierced Nose1805 Shoshone1805 Tillamook1806 Wallawalla1806 Nez Perce1811 Ute1826 Paiute1827 Spokane1831 Sahaptin1836 flat-head1837 Shuswap1838 Twana1838 Salish1843 Molale1844 Washoe1846 Yakima1852 Skokomish1854 Klamath1890 1805 M. Lewis Jrnl. 14 Aug. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1988) V. 89 The persed nosed Indians who inhabit the river below.] 1805 W. Clark Jrnl. 20 Sept. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1988) V. 222 They call themselves Cho pun-nish or Pierced Noses. 1831 R. Cox Adventures Columbia River II. vi. 122 We had many reasons to suspect that the Pierced-noses..were actuated by feelings of hostility. 1844 D. Lee & J. H. Frost Ten Years in Oregon v. 51 Here we found an encampment of the Nez-percés, or Pierced-nose Indians. 1908 Mem. Amer. Anthropol. Assoc. 2 172 Ross says the people are called Pierced Noses from the custom ‘of having their noses bored to hold a certain white shell like the fluke of an anchor’. 1967 Amer. Anthropologist 69 505/2 It is natural that names such as Flatheads, Blackfeet, and Pierced Noses suggest that one is traveling to a Brobdingnag. 2002 Washington Post (Nexis) 18 Jan. a24 French Canadian trappers met Nez Perce (‘Pierced Noses’) and Gros Ventre (‘Big Bellies’) Indians. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1805
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