piblokton.

Brit.

/pᵻˈblɒktəʊ/, U.S.

/pəˈblɑkˌtoʊ/

Forms: 1800s– piblockto, 1800s– pibloktoo, 1900s– piblokto, 1900s– pibloktoq, 1900s– pibluktu.

Origin: A borrowing from Greenlandic. Etymon: Greenlandic *pivliʀuʀtuq.

Etymology: < 19th-cent. North Greenlandic (Polar Eskimo) *pivliʀuʀtuq is mad, has Arctic hysteria, has a drum-dance fit, has Arctic dog disease; compare West Greenlandic pillerortoq, perlerortoq is crazy, with a root earlier written pivdle-, peble-, and pibli-.

A condition affecting the Inuit peoples in winter, characterized by an episode of wild excitement and irrational behaviour followed by a period of stupor or unconsciousness, sometimes with apparent seizures; also called Arctic hysteria. Also: a condition characterized by aggressive behaviour and seizures affecting dogs or other animals in the Arctic.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [noun] > hysteria > arctic hysteria

Arctic hysteria1890

piblokto1894

1894 R. E. Peary Let. 16 Sept. in Jrnl. Amer. Geogr. Soc. 26 398 To our dismay we found that the piblockto, or Greenland dog disease..had gained a firm foothold among our animals.

1910 R. E. Peary North Pole xviii. 156 The adults are subject to a peculiar nervous affection which they call piblokto... The attack usually ends in a fit of weeping; and when the patient quiets down, the eyes are bloodshot, the pulse high, and the whole body trembles for an hour or so afterward.

1945 C. L. B. Hubbard Observer's Bk. Dogs 207 The dread Arctic disease, piblockto (a devastating form of distemper).

1972 S. Burnford One Woman's Arctic vi. 119 The adult Eskimos are often subject to a peculiar nervous affection, a form of hysteria, which they call pibluktu. It seems to result from the morbid brooding over absent or dead friends.

2002 Orlando (Florida) Sentinel (Nexis) 30 Nov. (Final ed.) (Life & Times section) e3 Eskimos in his entourage said he showed signs of ‘piblockto’—insanity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	piblokto
释义	piblokton. Brit. /pᵻˈblɒktəʊ/, U.S. /pəˈblɑkˌtoʊ/ Forms: 1800s– piblockto, 1800s– pibloktoo, 1900s– piblokto, 1900s– pibloktoq, 1900s– pibluktu. Origin: A borrowing from Greenlandic. Etymon: Greenlandic pivliʀuʀtuq. Etymology: < 19th-cent. North Greenlandic (Polar Eskimo) pivliʀuʀtuq is mad, has Arctic hysteria, has a drum-dance fit, has Arctic dog disease; compare West Greenlandic pillerortoq, perlerortoq is crazy, with a root earlier written pivdle-, peble-, and pibli-. A condition affecting the Inuit peoples in winter, characterized by an episode of wild excitement and irrational behaviour followed by a period of stupor or unconsciousness, sometimes with apparent seizures; also called Arctic hysteria. Also: a condition characterized by aggressive behaviour and seizures affecting dogs or other animals in the Arctic. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of dogs > [noun] formicac1400 running woodnessa1425 founder1547 distemper1746 blotch1824 kennel lameness1841 foul1854 dog ill1874 salmon disease1880 piblokto1894 strongyloidiasis1907 strongyloidosis1907 salmon poisoning1925 hard-pad1948 Rubarth's disease1951 canine parvovirus1972 parvovirus1979 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [noun] > hysteria > arctic hysteria Arctic hysteria1890 piblokto1894 1894 R. E. Peary Let. 16 Sept. in Jrnl. Amer. Geogr. Soc. 26 398 To our dismay we found that the piblockto, or Greenland dog disease..had gained a firm foothold among our animals. 1910 R. E. Peary North Pole xviii. 156 The adults are subject to a peculiar nervous affection which they call piblokto... The attack usually ends in a fit of weeping; and when the patient quiets down, the eyes are bloodshot, the pulse high, and the whole body trembles for an hour or so afterward. 1945 C. L. B. Hubbard Observer's Bk. Dogs 207 The dread Arctic disease, piblockto (a devastating form of distemper). 1972 S. Burnford One Woman's Arctic vi. 119 The adult Eskimos are often subject to a peculiar nervous affection, a form of hysteria, which they call pibluktu. It seems to result from the morbid brooding over absent or dead friends. 2002 Orlando (Florida) Sentinel (Nexis) 30 Nov. (Final ed.) (Life & Times section) e3 Eskimos in his entourage said he showed signs of ‘piblockto’—insanity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1894
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