alpacan.adj.

Brit.

/alˈpakə/, U.S.

/ælˈpækə/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, alpacas.

Forms: 1700s–1800s alpagna, 1700s– alpaca, 1800s alapaca, 1800s alpacca, 1800s alpaco.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish alpaca.

Etymology: < Spanish alpaca species of llama (a1602), alpaca wool and textiles made from it (1778) < Aymara allpaqa . Compare earlier paco n.In form alpaco probably influenced by paco n. In form alpagna perhaps influenced by vicuña n. or vigogne n. or one of its Romance etymons.

A. n.

1. A domesticated South American member of the camel family, Vicugna pacos, resembling a small woolly llama and now widely kept for its fine woolly hair.Believed to have been developed in Peru from the wild vicuña, V. vicugna.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Camelidae (camel) > [noun] > genus Lama (llama) > Lama pacos (alpaca)

paco1604

alpaca1747

1747 J. Campbell Spanish Empire Amer. ii. xiii. 218 The Guanacos, and the Alpacas, these last yield a very fine black Wooll.

1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom IV. 57 The Paco or Alpaca was first clearly described by M. Frederick Cuvier in 1821.

1848 T. Southey Colon. Wools iv. 289 The Alpaca is about 4 feet high.

1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 598/1 The vicugna is a much rarer animal than the alpaca.

1927 Travel Nov. 41/1 The alpacas that graze on the level heights of the Andes, fourteen or sixteen thousand feet above sea level.

1950 T. H. Goodspeed Plant Hunters in Andes iv. 119 Herds of llamas and alpacas graze the ichu.

1985 Cambr. Encycl. Life Sci. viii. 232/1 The other cameloid, the guanaco (Lama guanicoe), is probably the ancestor of the domesticated alpaca and llama.

2003 Daily Tel. 24 Feb. 22/2 On catching their prey, they stamp it to death with their forepaws. On farms that employ alpacas for guard duty, foxes may well vote for the return of the hunt.

a. The wool from this animal.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [noun] > type of > from other animal

Angora1763

shawl-wool1774

alpaca1792

llama1864

shahtoosha1868

qiviut1958

1792 J. Townsend Journey Spain (ed. 2) II. 418 A gentleman from Peru gave me samples of wool..one called Alpaca..very fine and excellent for hats.

1840 Lit. Gaz. 24 Oct. 694/3 During the panic of 1837, when highland wool sold at 3½d. per lb., upwards of 1,000,000 lbs. of alpaca realised 2s. and 2s. 6d. per lb.

1877 Birmingham Weekly Post 22 Dec. 1/3 His eye fell upon a huge pile of dirty-looking bales of alpaca.

1916 Suppl. to Commerce Rep.: Bradford, U.K. 4 in Suppl. to Commerce Rep. (U.S. Dept. Commerce) (1917) I. Trade in alpaca was somewhat dull until the close of 1915.

2010 Birmingham (Alabama) News (Nexis) 19 Dec. e1 The knitted hat and scarf both are made of alpaca and come from Peru.

b. A fabric or yarn made from alpaca wool.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > made from specific types of wool > from wool of other animal

Angora1763

toile de laine1833

alpaca1851

llama1864

shahtoosha1868

French merino1882

Cheviot1883

mouflon1962

1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. (new ed.) II. 492 Silk-warp mixed alpacas, grey weft.

1859 Lady's Tour M. Rosa 7 A dress of some light woollen material, such as carmelite or alpaca.

1898 M. A. Hamm Manila & Philippines i. 10 Your wardrobe for the Philippines is about the same as..for the West Indies, linen and flannel suits, dress coats made of alpaca or black silk, [etc.].

1909 J. B. Suttor Rep. Trade China 1907 Immigration & Tourist Bureau New South Wales Bull. No. 30 13 Substantial increases are noticeable in alpacas, union and poncho cloth, woollen and cotton mixtures,..and woollen and worsted yarns and cord.

1984 J. Rutherford tr. L. Alas La Regenta i. xiii. 281 The smoking-jacket was..too loose for him. It was made of palest alpaca.

2007 Internat. Herald Tribune (Nexis) 3 Mar. 12 Tough chicks marched down the runway in drab khaki coats of alpaca or flannel.

c. A garment, esp. a coat, made from alpaca wool or a fabric containing this. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > made from specific material > other > article of

linsey-woolsey1483

kelter1562

buffin1572

marry-muff1604

tiffany1606

camlet1623

grogram1633

pepper-and-salt1774

toilenette1790

zephyrine1820

feather-mail1843

alpaca1853

khaki1857

ramie1899

marocain1922

sharkskin1957

Ultrasuede1973

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > made from specific material > wool > types of > article of

faldinga1387

serge1583

drugget1670

ferrateen1821

vicuña1851

alpaca1853

calamanco1859

Shetland1870

Jaeger1887

Tibet1900

worsted1905

1853 G. A. Sala Slang in Househ. Words 24 Sept. 76/1 The verbiage by which coats are transformed into..alpacas, vicunas, ponchos,..and siphonias.

1868 A. D. Whitney Patience Strong's Outings 187 A merino gown, or a poplin alpaca, isn't much.

1900 J. K. Jerome Three Men on Bummel v. 110 Poor little woman! I see her now in the shabby grey alpaca, with the inkstains on it.

1922 F. R. Sterrett Amazing Inheritance vi. 65 Tessie..stared at her grandmother, who was already dressed in her black alpaca.

B. adj. (attributive).

Of or made from alpaca wool or a fabric containing this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [adjective] > from specific animal

pulled1813

alpaca1824

mestizo1854

cross-bred1962

1824 Message from President transmitting Digest Commerc. Regulations Foreign Nations 469 (table) in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (18th Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Doc. 130) VII Alpaca coats.

1841 Prize-ess. & Trans. Highland & Agric. Soc. Scotl. 13 668 Alpaca yarn has been sent to France in great quantities.

1869 Eng. Mech. 13 Aug. 466/1 Alpaca umbrellas are made of alpaca weft and cotton warp.

1871 Punch 11 Dec. 241/1 Poor Ephraim was a dreary soul, But as sterling..a fellow As ever lived in an Alpaca coat.

1908 Textile Amer. Apr. 21/1 The methods of manufacture of the alpaca fabric are similar to those employed in producing mohair.

1976 Newsweek (Nexis) 27 Sept. 61 There was one thing they couldn't agree on—who should get the closetful of his black alpaca suits.

2007 L. J. Frazier Salt in Sand i. 22 Dressed in alpaca ponchos and blue jeans, the folk musicians played several pieces of Andean music on panpipes.

Compounds

General attributive, as alpaca hair, alpaca skin, alpaca wool, etc.

ΚΠ

1762 Edinb. Mag. July 367/2 An account of her cargo..25 arobes of Alpaca wool.

1836 Bradford Observer June (advt.) L'pool Wool Sales..400 bags of Alpacca wool, just landed.

1841 W. Walton Mem. on Naturalization of Alpaca 37 The conversion of the alpaca fleece into fabrics of fine texture has commenced.

?1870 Picture Gallery of Nations 2 224 The horseman's saddle-cloth is a dyed alpaca skin.

1916 E. V. Wilcox Tropical Agric. xxi. 339 The total production of alpaca hair amounts to several million pounds annually.

2011 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 16 May 16 Customers can buy scarves, rugs and leg warmers made from alpaca wool.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	alpaca
释义	alpacan.adj. Brit. /alˈpakə/, U.S. /ælˈpækə/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, alpacas. Forms: 1700s–1800s alpagna, 1700s– alpaca, 1800s alapaca, 1800s alpacca, 1800s alpaco. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish alpaca. Etymology: < Spanish alpaca species of llama (a1602), alpaca wool and textiles made from it (1778) < Aymara allpaqa . Compare earlier paco n.In form alpaco probably influenced by paco n. In form alpagna perhaps influenced by vicuña n. or vigogne n. or one of its Romance etymons. A. n. 1. A domesticated South American member of the camel family, Vicugna pacos, resembling a small woolly llama and now widely kept for its fine woolly hair.Believed to have been developed in Peru from the wild vicuña, V. vicugna. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Camelidae (camel) > [noun] > genus Lama (llama) > Lama pacos (alpaca) paco1604 alpaca1747 1747 J. Campbell Spanish Empire Amer. ii. xiii. 218 The Guanacos, and the Alpacas, these last yield a very fine black Wooll. 1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom IV. 57 The Paco or Alpaca was first clearly described by M. Frederick Cuvier in 1821. 1848 T. Southey Colon. Wools iv. 289 The Alpaca is about 4 feet high. 1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 598/1 The vicugna is a much rarer animal than the alpaca. 1927 Travel Nov. 41/1 The alpacas that graze on the level heights of the Andes, fourteen or sixteen thousand feet above sea level. 1950 T. H. Goodspeed Plant Hunters in Andes iv. 119 Herds of llamas and alpacas graze the ichu. 1985 Cambr. Encycl. Life Sci. viii. 232/1 The other cameloid, the guanaco (Lama guanicoe), is probably the ancestor of the domesticated alpaca and llama. 2003 Daily Tel. 24 Feb. 22/2 On catching their prey, they stamp it to death with their forepaws. On farms that employ alpacas for guard duty, foxes may well vote for the return of the hunt. 2. a. The wool from this animal. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [noun] > type of > from other animal Angora1763 shawl-wool1774 alpaca1792 llama1864 shahtoosha1868 qiviut1958 1792 J. Townsend Journey Spain (ed. 2) II. 418 A gentleman from Peru gave me samples of wool..one called Alpaca..very fine and excellent for hats. 1840 Lit. Gaz. 24 Oct. 694/3 During the panic of 1837, when highland wool sold at 3½d. per lb., upwards of 1,000,000 lbs. of alpaca realised 2s. and 2s. 6d. per lb. 1877 Birmingham Weekly Post 22 Dec. 1/3 His eye fell upon a huge pile of dirty-looking bales of alpaca. 1916 Suppl. to Commerce Rep.: Bradford, U.K. 4 in Suppl. to Commerce Rep. (U.S. Dept. Commerce) (1917) I. Trade in alpaca was somewhat dull until the close of 1915. 2010 Birmingham (Alabama) News (Nexis) 19 Dec. e1 The knitted hat and scarf both are made of alpaca and come from Peru. b. A fabric or yarn made from alpaca wool. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > made from specific types of wool > from wool of other animal Angora1763 toile de laine1833 alpaca1851 llama1864 shahtoosha1868 French merino1882 Cheviot1883 mouflon1962 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. (new ed.) II. 492 Silk-warp mixed alpacas, grey weft. 1859 Lady's Tour M. Rosa 7 A dress of some light woollen material, such as carmelite or alpaca. 1898 M. A. Hamm Manila & Philippines i. 10 Your wardrobe for the Philippines is about the same as..for the West Indies, linen and flannel suits, dress coats made of alpaca or black silk, [etc.]. 1909 J. B. Suttor Rep. Trade China 1907 Immigration & Tourist Bureau New South Wales Bull. No. 30 13 Substantial increases are noticeable in alpacas, union and poncho cloth, woollen and cotton mixtures,..and woollen and worsted yarns and cord. 1984 J. Rutherford tr. L. Alas La Regenta i. xiii. 281 The smoking-jacket was..too loose for him. It was made of palest alpaca. 2007 Internat. Herald Tribune (Nexis) 3 Mar. 12 Tough chicks marched down the runway in drab khaki coats of alpaca or flannel. c. A garment, esp. a coat, made from alpaca wool or a fabric containing this. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > made from specific material > other > article of linsey-woolsey1483 kelter1562 buffin1572 marry-muff1604 tiffany1606 camlet1623 grogram1633 pepper-and-salt1774 toilenette1790 zephyrine1820 feather-mail1843 alpaca1853 khaki1857 ramie1899 marocain1922 sharkskin1957 Ultrasuede1973 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > made from specific material > wool > types of > article of faldinga1387 serge1583 drugget1670 ferrateen1821 vicuña1851 alpaca1853 calamanco1859 Shetland1870 Jaeger1887 Tibet1900 worsted1905 1853 G. A. Sala Slang in Househ. Words 24 Sept. 76/1 The verbiage by which coats are transformed into..alpacas, vicunas, ponchos,..and siphonias. 1868 A. D. Whitney Patience Strong's Outings 187 A merino gown, or a poplin alpaca, isn't much. 1900 J. K. Jerome Three Men on Bummel v. 110 Poor little woman! I see her now in the shabby grey alpaca, with the inkstains on it. 1922 F. R. Sterrett Amazing Inheritance vi. 65 Tessie..stared at her grandmother, who was already dressed in her black alpaca. B. adj. (attributive). Of or made from alpaca wool or a fabric containing this. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [adjective] > from specific animal pulled1813 alpaca1824 mestizo1854 cross-bred1962 1824 Message from President transmitting Digest Commerc. Regulations Foreign Nations 469 (table) in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (18th Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Doc. 130) VII Alpaca coats. 1841 Prize-ess. & Trans. Highland & Agric. Soc. Scotl. 13 668 Alpaca yarn has been sent to France in great quantities. 1869 Eng. Mech. 13 Aug. 466/1 Alpaca umbrellas are made of alpaca weft and cotton warp. 1871 Punch 11 Dec. 241/1 Poor Ephraim was a dreary soul, But as sterling..a fellow As ever lived in an Alpaca coat. 1908 Textile Amer. Apr. 21/1 The methods of manufacture of the alpaca fabric are similar to those employed in producing mohair. 1976 Newsweek (Nexis) 27 Sept. 61 There was one thing they couldn't agree on—who should get the closetful of his black alpaca suits. 2007 L. J. Frazier Salt in Sand i. 22 Dressed in alpaca ponchos and blue jeans, the folk musicians played several pieces of Andean music on panpipes. Compounds General attributive, as alpaca hair, alpaca skin, alpaca wool, etc. ΚΠ 1762 Edinb. Mag. July 367/2 An account of her cargo..25 arobes of Alpaca wool. 1836 Bradford Observer June (advt.) L'pool Wool Sales..400 bags of Alpacca wool, just landed. 1841 W. Walton Mem. on Naturalization of Alpaca 37 The conversion of the alpaca fleece into fabrics of fine texture has commenced. ?1870 Picture Gallery of Nations 2 224 The horseman's saddle-cloth is a dyed alpaca skin. 1916 E. V. Wilcox Tropical Agric. xxi. 339 The total production of alpaca hair amounts to several million pounds annually. 2011 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 16 May 16 Customers can buy scarves, rugs and leg warmers made from alpaca wool. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1747
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