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单词 portuguee
释义

Portugueen.adj.

Brit. /ˌpɔːtʃᵿˈɡiː/, /ˌpɔːtjᵿˈɡiː/, U.S. /ˌpɔrtʃəˈɡi/, Caribbean English /ˌpoː(r)tʃʊˈɡiː/, /ˌpoː(r)taˈɡiː/
Forms: 1800s– Portagee, 1800s– Portugee, 1800s– Portuguee; U.S. regional 1800s Portegee, 1800s Portugué, 1800s Portyghee, 1800s– Portygee, 1900s– Portergee; Caribbean 1900s– Portagie, 1900s– Portuguee, 1900s– Potagee, 1900s– Potagi, 1900s– Potagie, 1900s– Potogee, 1900s– Puttagee.
Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: Portuguese n.
Etymology: Apparently an inferred singular of Portuguese n.
colloquial and regional (chiefly U.S. and Caribbean).
A. n.
A native or inhabitant of Portugal; = Portuguese n. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Portugal > [noun]
Portingaler1436
Portugala1497
Portuguese1552
Portugallian1601
Lusitanian1607
Lusian1812
Portuguee1830
1830 J. F. Cooper Water Witch II. ix. 191 It being altogether unreasonable to suppose that a Portuguee should do what an Englishman had not yet thought of doing.
1880 Harper's Mag. Sept. 505/1 At one place was a ‘Portugee’ of the Western Islands.
1915 C. C. Martindale In God's Army I. 181 China to a Portuguee was a forbidden land.
1965 ‘Lauchmonen’ Old Thom's Harvest ii. 16 Who the hell Harris think he be? Knock-about cake shop potagee threatening Charlie Thom's daughter with the sack!
1975 J. Gores Hammett iii. 28 ‘Keep your eye on the Portagee,’ said Hammett. But Dancing Frankie..put the Portuguese boy on the canvas for a six count with a roundhouse right that wasn't fooling.
2001 Western Mail (Cardiff) (Nexis) 24 Dec. 20 While the rest of the Real Madrid lads visit mighty damage on leg of Meleagris gallopavo,..the Portagee will be down the end of the table pretending there's nothing tastier than a slice of humble pie.
B. adj.
Of or relating to Portugal, its language, or its people; = Portuguese adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Iberian peninsula and islands > [adjective] > Portugal
Portugal1498
Lusitan1587
Portuguese1605
Lusitanian1720
Lusian1776
Portuguee1834
1834 N.-Y. Mirror 5 July 5/2 A Portugué breakfast is teasing to the imagination.
1860 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 735/1 Somehaow I caän't help mistrustin' them Portagee-lookin' fellahs.
1912 D. Runyon Firing Line 73 A Portugee sailor chap.
1960 W. Harris Palace of Peacock vi. 62 You potagee fool.
1982 R. A. K. Heath Kwaku i. x. 49 Then she took some molasses and honey from the cupboard in order to prepare a Potagee cake, the bol-de-mel that was her Christmas speciality.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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