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‖ petun Obs.|pɪˈtʊn, ˈpɛtʊn|
Forms: 6–8 petum, 7 pitum, 7– petun.
[a. F. petun (in 16th c. also petum), a. Guarani petȳ (nasalized y, nearly = F. un).]
A native South American name of tobacco, formerly partially in English use.
[1547–55tr. Captivity H. Stade ii. xxii. (Hakl. Soc.) 147 The soothsayer..fumigates it with a herb which they call Bitún.] 1577Frampton Joyful News ii. 42 b, Many haue giuen it the name, Petum, whiche is in deede the proper name of the Hearbe, as they whiche haue traueiled that Countrey can tell. 1600–14Newe Metamorphosis (N.), Petun [erron. Puten]..Tobacco cald, most soveraigne herbe approved, And nowe of every gallant greatly loved. 1616Surfl. & Markh. Country Farme 219 To make triall of this hearbe, caused the wound of a dogge to be rubbed with sublimate, and then presently after to be applied the juice of Petum, together with the substance and all. 1630J. Taylor (Water P.) Wks. (1630) (N.), Whereas..the hearb (alias weed) ycleped tobacco, (alias) trinidado, alias, petun, alias, necocianum, a long time hath been in continuall use and motion. 1763tr. Charlevoix' Acc. Voy. Canada 239 (Stanf.) A sort of Petun, or wild tobacco, grows everywhere in this country. [1874Burton in Captivity H. Stade (Hakl. Soc.) Introd. 65 In the Brazilian tongue the terminal -y was pronounced mostly like the Greek ypsilon and the French U. Thus, Pity, tobacco, was phonetically written Betum and Pitun. 1893Syd. Soc. Lex. s.v., When they [the Caribs] smoked it, they called it tabaco, and when they snuffed it, petun. ] |