pinguinn.

Brit.

/ˈpɪŋɡwɪn/, U.S.

/ˈpɪŋɡwᵻn/, Caribbean English

/ˈpɪŋɡwɪn/

Forms: 1600s– penguin, 1600s– pinguin, 1700s–1800s pinquin, 1900s– penquin, 1900s– pingouin. See also pingwing n.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by compounding. Perhaps a borrowing from Spanish. Etymons: pin n.¹, whin n.¹; Spanish piña, guin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < pin n.¹ + whin n.¹, with velarization of the nasal to assimilate with the glide, or perhaps ultimately < Spanish piña pineapple (1519 in this sense; < classical Latin pīnea pine cone: see pine n.²) + American Spanish guin, denoting a type of reed ( < Carib; now güín). Compare American Spanish piñuela pinguin (1597 or earlier; apparently < Spanish piña).In form penguin apparently after penguin n. Adopted as a scientific Latin specific epithet by Linnaeus in his Species Plantarum (1753) I. 285.

Caribbean.

Any of several tall, spiny-leaved, tropical American bromeliads of the genus Bromelia; esp. B. pinguin, used for hedging in the Caribbean; (also) the edible fruit of this plant. Also called pingwing, wild pine.It is not clear that Dampier's penguin (quot. 1697) was a bromeliad.

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1679 T. Trapham Disc. Health Jamaica iv. 59 Tamarinds, Nasburies, sower Sops, Pinguins, with many other.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World ix. 263 There is a sort of Fruit growing on these Islands [sc. Chametly] called Penguins; and 'tis all the Fruit they have. The Penguin fruit is of two sorts, the yellow and the red.

1711 in A. Duncan Mariner's Chron. (1803) III. 316 We..found it impossible to force a way through the penguins, bryars, and other prickly plants which grew there.

1792 M. Riddell Voy. Madeira 85 The bromelia karatas, or pinquin, is a fruit resembling a small cucumber in shape.

1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. iv. 142 Impervious underwood of prickly pear, penguin, and speargrass.

1871 C. Kingsley At Last I. i. 35 On one side of the path a hedge of Pinguin.

1910 H. Delisser In Jamaica & Cuba 40 Reddish-brown penguin hedges show where a careful farmer has sought to protect his crop.

1975 J. L. Anderson Night of Silent Drums ii.viii. 149 The pinguin, in prickly hedges, closely clumped about most masters' homes.

1993 S. Carrington Wild Plants Barbados 16/2 Bromelia plumieri... Monkey Banana, Pinguin. Plant with long, narrow, fleshy leaves arching outwards in an open rosette.

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

单词	pinguin
释义	pinguinn. Brit. /ˈpɪŋɡwɪn/, U.S. /ˈpɪŋɡwᵻn/, Caribbean English /ˈpɪŋɡwɪn/ Forms: 1600s– penguin, 1600s– pinguin, 1700s–1800s pinquin, 1900s– penquin, 1900s– pingouin. See also pingwing n. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by compounding. Perhaps a borrowing from Spanish. Etymons: pin n.¹, whin n.¹; Spanish piña, guin. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < pin n.¹ + whin n.¹, with velarization of the nasal to assimilate with the glide, or perhaps ultimately < Spanish piña pineapple (1519 in this sense; < classical Latin pīnea pine cone: see pine n.²) + American Spanish guin, denoting a type of reed ( < Carib; now güín). Compare American Spanish piñuela pinguin (1597 or earlier; apparently < Spanish piña).In form penguin apparently after penguin n. Adopted as a scientific Latin specific epithet by Linnaeus in his Species Plantarum (1753) I. 285. Caribbean. Any of several tall, spiny-leaved, tropical American bromeliads of the genus Bromelia; esp. B. pinguin, used for hedging in the Caribbean; (also) the edible fruit of this plant. Also called pingwing, wild pine.It is not clear that Dampier's penguin (quot. 1697) was a bromeliad. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > non-British medicinal plants > [noun] > pinguin plant or fruit pinguin1679 pingwing1933 1679 T. Trapham Disc. Health Jamaica iv. 59 Tamarinds, Nasburies, sower Sops, Pinguins, with many other. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World ix. 263 There is a sort of Fruit growing on these Islands [sc. Chametly] called Penguins; and 'tis all the Fruit they have. The Penguin fruit is of two sorts, the yellow and the red. 1711 in A. Duncan Mariner's Chron. (1803) III. 316 We..found it impossible to force a way through the penguins, bryars, and other prickly plants which grew there. 1792 M. Riddell Voy. Madeira 85 The bromelia karatas, or pinquin, is a fruit resembling a small cucumber in shape. 1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. iv. 142 Impervious underwood of prickly pear, penguin, and speargrass. 1871 C. Kingsley At Last I. i. 35 On one side of the path a hedge of Pinguin. 1910 H. Delisser In Jamaica & Cuba 40 Reddish-brown penguin hedges show where a careful farmer has sought to protect his crop. 1975 J. L. Anderson Night of Silent Drums ii.viii. 149 The pinguin, in prickly hedges, closely clumped about most masters' homes. 1993 S. Carrington Wild Plants Barbados 16/2 Bromelia plumieri... Monkey Banana, Pinguin. Plant with long, narrow, fleshy leaves arching outwards in an open rosette. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1679
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