macouban.

Brit.

/ˈmakuːbɑː/, U.S.

/ˈmækubɑ/

Forms:

α. 1700s macabao, 1700s macauba, 1800s maccouba, 1800s maccubau, 1800s mackabaw, 1800s– macabaa (Scottish), 1800s– macabaw, 1800s– maccaba, 1800s– maccabaw, 1800s– macouba.

β. 1800s macaboy, 1800s maccoboy, 1800s– maccaboy Brit. /ˈmakəbɔɪ/, U.S. /ˈmækəbɔɪ/.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Macouba.

Etymology: < Macouba, the name of a tobacco-growing district in northern Martinique. In the 18th cent. the a of the third syllable was identified (as often in loanwords) with English aw /ɔː/; the -oy /ɔɪ/ of the β. forms appears to have developed from this. Compare French macouba (1803; 1765 (tabac de) Macouba).

a. A kind of snuff, usually scented with attar of roses.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > snuff > [noun] > types of

high-dried1681

Spanish1681

roderigo1692

bergamot1701

musty1709

myrtle1715

Portuguesea1721

rappee?1726

Scotch1739

macoubac1740

blackguard1782

Irish1806

Lundyfoot1811

prince's mixture1813

cephalic1828

taddy1869

c1740 Wimble's List of Snuffs in F. W. Fairholt Tobacco (1859) v. 269 Macabao.

1799 Hull Advertiser 27 July 4/4 You are famous..For having the best Macauba [rhyme draw].

a1823 G. Wushart in J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. (1824) 223 Ye maun bring me a teat o' this same Macabaa.

1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 99 The snuff of Martinico, celebrated under the term ‘Macouba’.

1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. ii. 14 [He] pocketted his snuff-box, not desirous that Madame Brack's dubious fingers should plunge too frequently into his Mackabaw.

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Maccoboy, Maccubau, a kind of snuff.

1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xix. 218 Him I found already at his desk and already bedabbled with maccabaw.

1896 E. Marriage tr. H. de Balzac Old Goriot 21 His snuff-box is always likely to be filled with maccaboy.

1952 V. Wilkins King Reluctant i. i. 22 A modest pinch of maccabaw from a tortoise-shell snuff-box.

1984 E. Voges Tobacco Encycl. i. 192 Macouba, eighteenth-century type of snuff which was made in Seville and Lisbon from tobaccos from Spanish colonies in America.

b. More fully macouba snuff.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > snuff > [noun]

sneeze1632

sneezing1648

smutchin1650

snush1671

snuff1683

nose gunpowder1706

pulvil1706

sneeshing1714

macouba1827

dip1853

snoose1912

snous1962

1827 Hallowell (Maine) Gaz. 20 June 4/3 (advt.) B. Wales has just received..Lorillard's Macaboy snuff.

1854 T. H. Benton Thirty Years' View I. 420/2 He went up to Mr. Clay, and asked him for a pinch of his fine maccoboy snuff.

1934 E. Pound Eleven New Cantos xxxvii. 32 If you will give me A pinch of your excellent Maccaboy snuff.

1966 T. H. Raddall Hangman's Beach ii. xii. 176 When the English went..to capture Martinique..they brought back a lot of booty, including the good macouba snuff that is made there.

1992 J. Purdy Out with Stars 24 An elegantly wrapped box of Maccaboy Snuff with Hugh Medairy's name on it in blazing letters also arrived.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	macouba
释义	macouban. Brit. /ˈmakuːbɑː/, U.S. /ˈmækubɑ/ Forms: α. 1700s macabao, 1700s macauba, 1800s maccouba, 1800s maccubau, 1800s mackabaw, 1800s– macabaa (Scottish), 1800s– macabaw, 1800s– maccaba, 1800s– maccabaw, 1800s– macouba. β. 1800s macaboy, 1800s maccoboy, 1800s– maccaboy Brit. /ˈmakəbɔɪ/, U.S. /ˈmækəbɔɪ/. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Macouba. Etymology: < Macouba, the name of a tobacco-growing district in northern Martinique. In the 18th cent. the a of the third syllable was identified (as often in loanwords) with English aw /ɔː/; the -oy /ɔɪ/ of the β. forms appears to have developed from this. Compare French macouba (1803; 1765 (tabac de) Macouba). a. A kind of snuff, usually scented with attar of roses. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > snuff > [noun] > types of high-dried1681 Spanish1681 roderigo1692 bergamot1701 musty1709 myrtle1715 Portuguesea1721 rappee?1726 Scotch1739 macoubac1740 blackguard1782 Irish1806 Lundyfoot1811 prince's mixture1813 cephalic1828 taddy1869 c1740 Wimble's List of Snuffs in F. W. Fairholt Tobacco (1859) v. 269 Macabao. 1799 Hull Advertiser 27 July 4/4 You are famous..For having the best Macauba [rhyme draw]. a1823 G. Wushart in J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. (1824) 223 Ye maun bring me a teat o' this same Macabaa. 1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 99 The snuff of Martinico, celebrated under the term ‘Macouba’. 1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. ii. 14 [He] pocketted his snuff-box, not desirous that Madame Brack's dubious fingers should plunge too frequently into his Mackabaw. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Maccoboy, Maccubau, a kind of snuff. 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xix. 218 Him I found already at his desk and already bedabbled with maccabaw. 1896 E. Marriage tr. H. de Balzac Old Goriot 21 His snuff-box is always likely to be filled with maccaboy. 1952 V. Wilkins King Reluctant i. i. 22 A modest pinch of maccabaw from a tortoise-shell snuff-box. 1984 E. Voges Tobacco Encycl. i. 192 Macouba, eighteenth-century type of snuff which was made in Seville and Lisbon from tobaccos from Spanish colonies in America. b. More fully macouba snuff. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > snuff > [noun] sneeze1632 sneezing1648 smutchin1650 snush1671 snuff1683 nose gunpowder1706 pulvil1706 sneeshing1714 macouba1827 dip1853 snoose1912 snous1962 1827 Hallowell (Maine) Gaz. 20 June 4/3 (advt.) B. Wales has just received..Lorillard's Macaboy snuff. 1854 T. H. Benton Thirty Years' View I. 420/2 He went up to Mr. Clay, and asked him for a pinch of his fine maccoboy snuff. 1934 E. Pound Eleven New Cantos xxxvii. 32 If you will give me A pinch of your excellent Maccaboy snuff. 1966 T. H. Raddall Hangman's Beach ii. xii. 176 When the English went..to capture Martinique..they brought back a lot of booty, including the good macouba snuff that is made there. 1992 J. Purdy Out with Stars 24 An elegantly wrapped box of Maccaboy Snuff with Hugh Medairy's name on it in blazing letters also arrived. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1740
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