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单词 pyrenee
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Pyreneeadj.

Brit. /ˌpɪrəˈniː/, U.S. /ˈpɪrəˌni/
Forms: 1500s–1600s Pireney, 1600s Piraeney, 1600s Pyreney, 1800s Pyranee (U.S.), 1700s– Pyrenee.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: English Pireney , Pyrenees n.
Etymology: Originally < Pireney, variant form of Pyrenees n. (see α. forms at that entry). In later use probably inferred directly < Pyrenees n. Compare the Romance parallels cited at Pyrenees n. Compare also Pyrene adj., Pyrenean adj.
= Pyrenean adj. 1.
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Alpine?a1475
Pyrene?a1475
Riphaean1555
Pyrenean?1556
Pyrenee1590
hercynian1598
Alpic1611
Appalachian1672
Carpathian1673
Rhipaean1703
Alleghenian1740
Altaic1762
Altaian1780
Balkan1785
Uralian1801
Lepontine1802
Altai1824
Dinaric1833
Andean1845
Alpigene1847
Lepontian1857
Uralic1861
Himalayan1866
Cordilleran1891
Andine1900
Armorican1906
Variscan1906
1590 tr. Coppie of Anti-Spaniard 36 It is not the Alpes, but the Pireney mounts yt we must now passe.
1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 11 A Serpent in the Piræney Mountaines.
1664 J. Howell Προεδρια-Βασιλικη 117 He climd likewise with his Troops up the Pyreney Hills, and establishd a Viceroy in the Kingdome of Catalonia.
1744 J. Cowley View Brit. Trade Mediterranean 7 The Pyrenee Mountains are the boundaries between France and Spain.
1828 A. P. Stanley Let. (1894) I. ii. 35 The day before November 5 we had a grand exhibition, in which there were many Pyrenee people.
1869 N.Y. Herald 15 Nov. 8/4 The notices posted on the Wall were something of this nature..‘Chalybeate Springs at Pau’, ‘Pyranee Excursion Trips’.
1929 G. Aston Biogr. Late Marshal Foch xxxv. 442 He also visited the old Pyrenee country of his youth.
1966 Modesto (Calif.) Bee & News-Herald 25 Feb. b1/4 A band of Spaniards stole down from the Pyrenee Mountains last night.
1992 Times (Nexis) 7 July Try also blanquette of kid, leg of Pyrenee lamb, and kebabs of salmon.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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