pelonn.adj.

Brit.

/pᵻˈlɒn/, U.S.

/pəˈloʊn/

Inflections: Plural pelones Brit.

/pᵻˈləʊneɪz/, U.S.

/pəˈloʊneɪz/, (occasionally) pelons.

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

Etymology: < Spanish pelón bald or hairless animal, person with a bald or shaved head (beginning of the 16th cent. or earlier), uses as noun of pelón (adjective).The Spanish adjective is apparently only attested in sense ‘bald, hairless’, but this may be an ironic use of an (unattested) original sense ‘having (much) hair’ ( < pelo hair (beginning of the 13th cent. or earlier; < classical Latin pilus hair: see pilo- comb. form) + -on -oon suffix), or a semantic development from this under the influence of Spanish pelar to peel (see pill v.¹). In plural form pelones after the Spanish plural form.

A. n.

1. Esp. in Latin America: a hairless or almost hairless animal.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > [noun] > parts of > (part of) hair > hairless animal

pelon1851

1851 Sci. Amer. 4 Oct. 24/2 The ox has undergone similar changes; some in South America called ‘pelones’ having a clothing of fine fur.

1879 tr. A. de Quatrefages de Bréau Human Species 51 In America, where the oxen have a European origin, the hair commences with becoming very fine and few in number with the pelones, and disappears entirely with the calongos.

1890 Harper's Mag. July 242/2 The hairless Mexican canine called pelon is in full force.

1994 R. Hendrickson Happy Trails 49 Cast-iron dog, an humorous term once used in the Southwest for the hairless dog known as a pelon to Mexicans.

2. Esp. in Latin America: a person with a bald or shaved head.The earliest quots. illustrate spec. use to denote regular government troops during the Mexican Revolution in 1910 (now historical).

ΚΠ

1914 J. Reed Insurgent Mexico iv. vii. 210 The sentries cried, ‘Adios! Don't kill them all! Leave a few pelones for us!’

1957 Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 37 376 These battle dispatches..depict clearly the grim, half starved ‘pelones’ in their struggle with the equally fatalistic carrancistas.

1995 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 3 July b3 ‘Hey Baldy,’ I'd call out to a friend after his visit to Escarcega's [sc. a barber] chair. ‘You're a pelon too,’ Baldy would call back.

B. adj. (attributive).

Esp. in Latin America: (of an animal, esp. a dog) having little or no hair. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [adjective] > having a coat > hairy, furry, or woolly > without hair

balda1400

depilous1646

naked1681

pelon1882

1882 A. E. Sweet & J. A. Knox Sketches from Texas Siftings 61 The pelon dog is a great favorite with the Mexicans in Texas.

1895 Jrnl. Amer. Folk-lore 8 85 The ‘pelon’ dog, of the Rio Grande, has been used by the Mexican people of that valley to effect cures for rheumatism.

1930 F. Woodhull in J. F. Dobie Man, Bird & Beast (1965) 13 I had always understood that pelon dogs were evolved by the Aztecs for culinary purposes, but it was news to me to learn that they had medicinal value.

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

单词	pelon
释义	pelonn.adj. Brit. /pᵻˈlɒn/, U.S. /pəˈloʊn/ Inflections: Plural pelones Brit. /pᵻˈləʊneɪz/, U.S. /pəˈloʊneɪz/, (occasionally) pelons. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish pelón. Etymology: < Spanish pelón bald or hairless animal, person with a bald or shaved head (beginning of the 16th cent. or earlier), uses as noun of pelón (adjective).The Spanish adjective is apparently only attested in sense ‘bald, hairless’, but this may be an ironic use of an (unattested) original sense ‘having (much) hair’ ( < pelo hair (beginning of the 13th cent. or earlier; < classical Latin pilus hair: see pilo- comb. form) + -on -oon suffix), or a semantic development from this under the influence of Spanish pelar to peel (see pill v.¹). In plural form pelones after the Spanish plural form. A. n. 1. Esp. in Latin America: a hairless or almost hairless animal. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > [noun] > parts of > (part of) hair > hairless animal pelon1851 1851 Sci. Amer. 4 Oct. 24/2 The ox has undergone similar changes; some in South America called ‘pelones’ having a clothing of fine fur. 1879 tr. A. de Quatrefages de Bréau Human Species 51 In America, where the oxen have a European origin, the hair commences with becoming very fine and few in number with the pelones, and disappears entirely with the calongos. 1890 Harper's Mag. July 242/2 The hairless Mexican canine called pelon is in full force. 1994 R. Hendrickson Happy Trails 49 Cast-iron dog, an humorous term once used in the Southwest for the hairless dog known as a pelon to Mexicans. 2. Esp. in Latin America: a person with a bald or shaved head.The earliest quots. illustrate spec. use to denote regular government troops during the Mexican Revolution in 1910 (now historical). ΚΠ 1914 J. Reed Insurgent Mexico iv. vii. 210 The sentries cried, ‘Adios! Don't kill them all! Leave a few pelones for us!’ 1957 Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 37 376 These battle dispatches..depict clearly the grim, half starved ‘pelones’ in their struggle with the equally fatalistic carrancistas. 1995 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 3 July b3 ‘Hey Baldy,’ I'd call out to a friend after his visit to Escarcega's [sc. a barber] chair. ‘You're a pelon too,’ Baldy would call back. B. adj. (attributive). Esp. in Latin America: (of an animal, esp. a dog) having little or no hair. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [adjective] > having a coat > hairy, furry, or woolly > without hair balda1400 depilous1646 naked1681 pelon1882 1882 A. E. Sweet & J. A. Knox Sketches from Texas Siftings 61 The pelon dog is a great favorite with the Mexicans in Texas. 1895 Jrnl. Amer. Folk-lore 8 85 The ‘pelon’ dog, of the Rio Grande, has been used by the Mexican people of that valley to effect cures for rheumatism. 1930 F. Woodhull in J. F. Dobie Man, Bird & Beast (1965) 13 I had always understood that pelon dogs were evolved by the Aztecs for culinary purposes, but it was news to me to learn that they had medicinal value. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1851
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