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pistachion.adj. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Italian. Etymons: French pistace, pistache; Italian pistacio, pistacchio. Etymology: In α. forms < Middle French pistace pistachio nut (13th cent. in Old French) < post-classical Latin pistacia pistachio nut (6th cent.), pistachio tree (5th cent. in Palladius), variant of classical Latin pistacium (see below); in β. forms (and perhaps also in γ. forms) < Italian regional pistacio, Italian pistacchio (see below); in δ. forms < Middle French, French pistache pistaccio nut (1552), pistachio tree (1570; now obsolete in this sense) < Italian regional (Venice and Emilia) pistacio (1289; compare Italian pistacchio (1310)) < classical Latin pistacium pistachio nut, pistachio tree < Hellenistic Greek πιστάκιον (also ψιττάκια ) pistachio nut < Byzantine Greek πιστάκη pistachio tree (although this is first attested later; ultimately < Iranian (compare Pahlavi pistag , Persian pistah ; probably > Aramaic pistqā ) + -ιον , diminutive suffix (compare -y suffix4). Compare Spanish pistacho pistachio nut (1618), Dutch pistache pistachio nut (1596 in the passage translated in quot. 1598 at sense A. 1aβ. ), pistachio tree (1608 or earlier), both < French; German Pistazie pistachio tree, pistachio nut (16th cent.) < classical Latin; also Swedish pistacie, pistasch pistachio tree, pistachio nut (1578).In early use, and especially in sense ‘pistachio tree’ (see sense A. 1b), influenced by post-classical Latin pistacia. N.E.D.(1907) gives the pronunciation as (pistēi·ʃio, -tēi·ʃo, -tæ·tʃo) /pɪˈsteɪʃ(ɪ)əʊ/ /-ˈstɑːʃ(ɪ)əʊ/ /-ˈstætʃəʊ/. A. n. 1. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > pistachio the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > nut > [noun] > pistachio α. tr. Palladius (Duke Humfrey) (1896) xi. 193 (MED) Other..smyteth out the heed of skeppis smale, And donged molde in hit they wol dispense, And theryn do pistacis iij by tale [L. pistacia terna], And of hem all vp wol ther ryse a stale. 1541 T. Elyot (new ed.) 9 b Thynges good for the Lunges: Elycampane: Hysope:..Pystaces. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault v. xxii. 723 Filberdes, pine nuts, pistaces, almonds. 1626 H. Mason ii. 13 Drie Figgs, Pepper,..Pistace nuts. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > pistachio > pistachio nut tree α. tr. Palladius (Duke Humfrey) (1896) xi. 184 (MED) Pistace [L. pistacia] is in this mone Of plauntes sette other of nuttis sowe. the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > other greens 1791 A. M. Portman Let. 28 Feb. in A. C. Bower (1903) 141 The fashionable Colors are Coquelicot & Pistache. 1893 13 Jan. The colors range through Pompeiian red, pistachio, willow green, dahlia and puce, [etc.]. 1939 30 Nov. ii. 19/3 (advt.) We have a splendid line featuring the new colors of Sand, Blue, Misty Rose, Pistachio, Aquacade, [etc.]. 2000 (Nexis) 21 June (Home section) 2/ z1 The buoyant silk organza plaid—in tea rose, buttercup, pistachio—dresses a table like a sleeveless summer smock on Audrey Hepburn. B. adj.the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adjective] > other greens 1875 27 Mar. 2/7 The skirt is covered..with four plaitings; the first is invisible green,..and the fourth pistache. 1882 Jan. 44/1 Some of the large plush dolmans..are lined with long-piled plush, striped with sulphur and red, with pistache shading. 1968 V. Nabokov ii. 43 Far off, across the street, the pistachio facades of apartment houses were very distinct. 1993 7 Sept. i. 1/1 The TUC's pistachio and lemon podium is not unappealing if you like that sort of thing. Compounds C1. the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > [noun] > nut confections 1853 E. C. Gaskell III. iv. 140 The days when you first brought me pistachio-candy from London. 2000 (Nexis) 16 Feb. a3/1 Qum is a drab city of low brick buildings and musty shops selling honey-soaked pistachio candy. 1728 E. Smith (ed. 2) 151 Pistachia-cream. Pill your Pistachia's, and beat them..boil them in Cream..thicken it with Eggs..sweeten. 1862 Mar. 364/1 Orange-water ices, Roman punch, vanilla and pistachio creams, [etc.]. 1994 May 61/1 Here diners can delight themselves with the likes of ‘nurse's hat’ pasta stuffed with nutmeg, yams, and Parmesan, then tossed in pistachio cream. ?1790 R. Abbot 83 To three yolks of eggs, allow three quarters of a pint of cream, two ounces of pistachia kernels pounded fine, and four ounces of sugar. 1886 R. F. Burton tr. vi She walked on till she stopped at a grocer's, where she bought dry fruits and pistachio kernels. 1999 R. R. Wilson 156 Green sunsets, such as the one he had seen..when the sky erupted briefly in pistachio kernels and guava peel. 1882 E. O'Donovan I. 331 The vineyards and pistache plantations. 2000 (Nexis) 28 Sept. Areas as animal husbandry, beekeeping and pistachio plantations. C2. 1800 M. Edgeworth Mlle Panache i, in IV. 163 ‘What a very pretty coloured ribbon!’ said she. ‘That's pistachio colour,’ said Lady Augusta. 1948 R. M. Pearl iii. 147 The pistachio color of epidote is easily recognized. 2003 (Nexis) 1 Feb. 67 In came a warm pistachio color for the walls, dark mahogany-stained floors, and furnishings from Finn Juhl and Thonet. the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > other greens 1793 F. Gladwin tr. N. M. A. al-Shirazi dcciv Júman, a wood, the outside of which is black, and the inside of a pistachio green. 1899 20 Apr. 7/3 A lovely gown of pale pistachio green satin. 1999 Sept. 49/1 The feminine lingerie-style slip-dress..was in every colour imaginable, from sugary pink to pistachio green. the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > ices > [noun] > ice-cream > types or forms of ?1790 R. Abbot 83 (heading) Pistachia Ice. 1885 C. E. Pascoe iii. 48 The more aristocratic foreign visitors to London..flocked thither [sc. to Verrey's restaurant] to eat pistachio ices. 1997 27 July (Review Suppl.) 45/4 The pistachio ice..was as good a one as I've tasted in a long time. 1789 F. Nutt 116 (heading) Pistachio ice cream. 1827 A. B. Beauvilliers (ed. 3) 307 Pistache ice cream.—Glace de creme aux pistaches. 1916 J. H. Frandsen & E. A. Markham x. 103 Pistachio Ice Cream. 1996 25 Aug. 44/4 For pudding, we had a pavé of chocolate fondant with pistachio ice cream. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.adj.?1440 |
