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Otaheitean, a. and n. Obs.|əʊtəˈhiːtɪən|
Also Otahitean, Otaheite, Otaheitan.
[f. Otaheite early name of the Pacific island of Tahiti.]
= Tahitian a. and n.
Cf. Otaheite apple.
1773W. Wales Jrnl. 31 Aug. in Cook Jrnls. (1961) II. 796 With regard to the Personal Beauties of the Otahitean Ladies, I believe it would be most prudent to remain entirely silent. 1792W. Bligh Voy. to South Sea vi. 81 Among people so free from ostentation as the Otaheiteans..the strictness with which the punctilios of rank are observed, is surprising. Ibid. xii. 147 In a small vocabulary, that I made..only four words, out of twenty-four, differed from the Otaheite. 1793F. Burney Jrnl. 3 May (1972) II. 104, I saw nothing of this Tio:—I accept your otaheité epithet, & like it much. 1799Sporting Mag. XIV. 203/1 Our Otaheitean girl, who was tolerably fair, and had a comely person. 1817T. Cogan Ethical Questions v. 233 The good-natured Otaheite feels it to be an obligation of hospitality, to present his wife or daughter to a stranger. 1819Shelley Let. 3 Nov. (1964) II. 140 A North American Indian, or an Otaheitan. 1851Illustr. Catal. Gt. Exhib. iv. 980/1 All the above-mentioned sugars are the produce of the Otaheite or Tahiti cane. 1861R. Bentley Man. Bot. 674 The starch known as Tacca starch, Tahiti Arrow-root, or Otaheite Salep. |