pampeanadj.n.

Brit.

/pamˈpiːən/,

/ˈpampɪən/, U.S.

/pɑmˈpiən/,

/ˈpɑmpiən/

Forms: 1800s– pampaean, 1800s– pampean. Also with capital initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pampas n., -ean suffix.

Etymology: < pamp- (in pampas n.) + -ean suffix, after e.g. European adj. In sense 2 after American Spanish pampeano (1870 or earlier).

1. Geology and Palaeontology. (In form Pampean). Designating or relating to a series of sedimentary deposits of the Pleistocene epoch present across much of the pampas of South America, and the fauna (esp. mammals) extant during their period of deposition. Also as n.

ΚΠ

1845 C. Darwin Jrnl. (ed. 2) vii. 130 In the Pampæan deposit at the Bajada.

1846 C. Darwin Geol. Observ. S. Amer. iv. 76 The Pampean formation is highly interesting from its vast extent, its disputed origin, and from the number of extinct gigantic mammifers embedded in it.

1887 Amer. Naturalist 21 460 In the presence of various extinct forms..it agrees with the Pampean fauna of South America.

1945 Amer. Antiq. 11 60 The fauna indicates a correlation with loessial beds of the upper Pampean.

1985 E. H. Colbert Wandering Lands & Animals (new ed.) x. 252 (caption) South American mammals at the end of their long isolation, when..there already was an admixture of immigrants from the north. These mammals are of Pampean (Pleistocene) age.

2. gen. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the pampas, or the region of South America dominated by the pampas.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > level land > [adjective] > plain > specific plain

prairied1838

down country1867

pampean1879

Sahelian1973

1879 Amer. Naturalist 13 78 The use of pottery is unknown to many savage peoples, as for instance to the Esquimaux.., the Pampean races, the Fuegians, [etc.].

1892 W. H. Hudson Naturalist in La Plata 4 The humid, grassy, pampean country extends..halfway from the Atlantic Ocean..to the Andes.

1922 J. McCabe tr. P. Denis Argentine Republic vi. 161 The Pampean landscape is doubtless one of the most uniform in the world.

1972 A. W. Crosby Columbian Exchange iii. 106 The Pehuenches and other pampean tribes soon learned horsemanship from the Araucanians.

2002 Jrnl. News (Westchester County, N.Y.) (Nexis) 15 May 1 e For the past 70 years, its beef has been raised and fattened on the pampean grasslands.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	pampean
释义	pampeanadj.n. Brit. /pamˈpiːən/, /ˈpampɪən/, U.S. /pɑmˈpiən/, /ˈpɑmpiən/ Forms: 1800s– pampaean, 1800s– pampean. Also with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pampas n., -ean suffix. Etymology: < pamp- (in pampas n.) + -ean suffix, after e.g. European adj. In sense 2 after American Spanish pampeano (1870 or earlier). 1. Geology and Palaeontology. (In form Pampean). Designating or relating to a series of sedimentary deposits of the Pleistocene epoch present across much of the pampas of South America, and the fauna (esp. mammals) extant during their period of deposition. Also as n. ΚΠ 1845 C. Darwin Jrnl. (ed. 2) vii. 130 In the Pampæan deposit at the Bajada. 1846 C. Darwin Geol. Observ. S. Amer. iv. 76 The Pampean formation is highly interesting from its vast extent, its disputed origin, and from the number of extinct gigantic mammifers embedded in it. 1887 Amer. Naturalist 21 460 In the presence of various extinct forms..it agrees with the Pampean fauna of South America. 1945 Amer. Antiq. 11 60 The fauna indicates a correlation with loessial beds of the upper Pampean. 1985 E. H. Colbert Wandering Lands & Animals (new ed.) x. 252 (caption) South American mammals at the end of their long isolation, when..there already was an admixture of immigrants from the north. These mammals are of Pampean (Pleistocene) age. 2. gen. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the pampas, or the region of South America dominated by the pampas. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > level land > [adjective] > plain > specific plain prairied1838 down country1867 pampean1879 Sahelian1973 1879 Amer. Naturalist 13 78 The use of pottery is unknown to many savage peoples, as for instance to the Esquimaux.., the Pampean races, the Fuegians, [etc.]. 1892 W. H. Hudson Naturalist in La Plata 4 The humid, grassy, pampean country extends..halfway from the Atlantic Ocean..to the Andes. 1922 J. McCabe tr. P. Denis Argentine Republic vi. 161 The Pampean landscape is doubtless one of the most uniform in the world. 1972 A. W. Crosby Columbian Exchange iii. 106 The Pehuenches and other pampean tribes soon learned horsemanship from the Araucanians. 2002 Jrnl. News (Westchester County, N.Y.) (Nexis) 15 May 1 e For the past 70 years, its beef has been raised and fattened on the pampean grasslands. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1845
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