puyn.

Brit.

/ˈpwiː/, U.S.

/ˈpwi/

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

Etymology: < French puy (19th cent. in this sense), specific use of puy hill, height, summit (end of the 11th cent. in Old French as pui in a gloss in Rashi) < classical Latin podium podium n., in post-classical Latin also hill, peak (8th cent.; also as pogium, in Italian sources).The town of Le Puy in the Auvergne lies in a volcanic region and has a prominent volcanic plug within it. The name of the town in post-classical Latin was Podium Anicienses , earlier Anitium ( < ancient Greek ἄνω upward: see ano- prefix).

Any of the characteristic hills of the Auvergne, France, which consist of the cones of extinct volcanos; (Geology) any conical or dome-shaped hill formed from volcanic material.

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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > volcano > [noun] > cone or peak

pike1555

puy1827

cone1830

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monticule1830

cinder-cone1849

parasitic cone1863

mud cone1868

piton1886

driblet cone1888

sommac1910

shield1937

1811 J. Black tr. A. von Humboldt Polit. Ess. New Spain II. 214 The most elevated of these enormous masses, which bears some resemblance to the puys de l'Auvergne, is the great Volcan de Jorullo.]

1827 G. P. Scrope Mem. Geol. Central France ii. ii. 43 Remains of the ‘Chain of Puys’ near Clermont.

1880 W. B. Dawkins Early Man in Brit. iv. 74 Clusters of small lateral cones or puys sprang up on their flank, like those on Mount Etna.

1908 Mineral. Mag. 15 129 It took ten centuries of puy action to effect the softening that led to the sudden shattering of the Kobandi peak of Bandaisan, Japan.

1954 W. D. Thornbury Princ. Geomorphol. xix. 508 The volcanoes along the African rift valleys and the Rhine graben, as well as the puys of central France, display a..linear arrangement.

2005 Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.) (Nexis) 20 June The distinctive buttes around Eugene are small hills standing alone here and there across the plain, sudden, steep, and pot-like... They are like the puys of the Auvergne, but much smaller.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	puy
释义	puyn. Brit. /ˈpwiː/, U.S. /ˈpwi/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French puy. Etymology: < French puy (19th cent. in this sense), specific use of puy hill, height, summit (end of the 11th cent. in Old French as pui in a gloss in Rashi) < classical Latin podium podium n., in post-classical Latin also hill, peak (8th cent.; also as pogium, in Italian sources).The town of Le Puy in the Auvergne lies in a volcanic region and has a prominent volcanic plug within it. The name of the town in post-classical Latin was Podium Anicienses , earlier Anitium ( < ancient Greek ἄνω upward: see ano- prefix). Any of the characteristic hills of the Auvergne, France, which consist of the cones of extinct volcanos; (Geology) any conical or dome-shaped hill formed from volcanic material. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > volcano > [noun] > cone or peak pike1555 puy1827 cone1830 hornito1830 monticule1830 cinder-cone1849 parasitic cone1863 mud cone1868 piton1886 driblet cone1888 sommac1910 shield1937 1811 J. Black tr. A. von Humboldt Polit. Ess. New Spain II. 214 The most elevated of these enormous masses, which bears some resemblance to the puys de l'Auvergne, is the great Volcan de Jorullo.] 1827 G. P. Scrope Mem. Geol. Central France ii. ii. 43 Remains of the ‘Chain of Puys’ near Clermont. 1880 W. B. Dawkins Early Man in Brit. iv. 74 Clusters of small lateral cones or puys sprang up on their flank, like those on Mount Etna. 1908 Mineral. Mag. 15 129 It took ten centuries of puy action to effect the softening that led to the sudden shattering of the Kobandi peak of Bandaisan, Japan. 1954 W. D. Thornbury Princ. Geomorphol. xix. 508 The volcanoes along the African rift valleys and the Rhine graben, as well as the puys of central France, display a..linear arrangement. 2005 Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.) (Nexis) 20 June The distinctive buttes around Eugene are small hills standing alone here and there across the plain, sudden, steep, and pot-like... They are like the puys of the Auvergne, but much smaller. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1827
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