pistareenn.adj.

Brit.

/pɪstəˈriːn/, U.S.

/ˌpɪstəˈrin/

Forms: 1700s pistereen, 1700s pisterine, 1700s pistreen, 1700s– pistareen, 1800s pistarene.

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: Spanish peseta , -een suffix¹.

Etymology: Apparently an alteration of Spanish peseta peseta n. + -een suffix¹, after nouns ending in -reen. Compare later peseta n. (and forms at that entry), pisette n.

A. n.

A small Spanish silver coin formerly in circulation chiefly in central and southern North America and the Caribbean. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Spanish coins > silver

sixpence1563

patacon1584

tomin1589

pataca1625

fourpence-halfpenny1723

pistareen1744

1744 Pennsylvania Gaz. 15 Nov. 3/3 (advt.) He counterfeits Pisterines, and had in his Pocket, when he deserted, Pieces of hammer'd Copper, and a Phial of Quick-Silver.

1774 J. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 10 So I gave pistareens enough among the children to have paid twice for my entertainment.

1833 New Eng. Mag. Oct. 314 It was only by threatening to deprive me of a pistareen I had saved, that he conquered my courage and came at the truth.

1891 S. M. Welch Recoll. Buffalo 1830–40 168 The common silver coin known as Pistareen..was worth sixteen and two-thirds cents.

1917 Amer. Hist. Rev. 22 665 The price of a suit of clothes when wool is bought at a pistareen a pound, when the spinning, weaving, fulling are hired and the wife dyes it blue at home.

1984 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 44 722 There is considerable evidence that silver—in particular French crowns and Spanish pistareens—dominated the coinage [in Canada in 1796].

B. adj.

Petty, paltry; of little value. Cf. picayune adj. Now rare and literary.In quot. 1952 with reference to Whitman's use (see quot. 1871).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > paltry, mean, or contemptible > fussing or small-minded

fistinga1535

petty1597

whiffling1613

leguleian1615

fiddle-faddle1617

leguleious1660

pottering1720

poking1748

niggling1827

poky1828

whifflegig1830

niggly1840

pistareen1860

petty-minded1927

1860 R. W. Emerson Fate in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 6 Now and then, an amiable parson..believes in a pistareen-Providence.

1871 W. Whitman Democratic Vistas 32 Do you term that perpetual, pistareen, paste-pot work, American art, American drama, taste, verse?

1952 D. Hoffman Paul Bunyan v. 134 Although Whitman threw down the gauntlet against pistareen decorum in his art, it was upon a traditional sense of craftsmanship..that he ultimately relied.

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

单词	pistareen
释义	pistareenn.adj. Brit. /pɪstəˈriːn/, U.S. /ˌpɪstəˈrin/ Forms: 1700s pistereen, 1700s pisterine, 1700s pistreen, 1700s– pistareen, 1800s pistarene. Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: Spanish peseta , -een suffix¹. Etymology: Apparently an alteration of Spanish peseta peseta n. + -een suffix¹, after nouns ending in -reen. Compare later peseta n. (and forms at that entry), pisette n. A. n. A small Spanish silver coin formerly in circulation chiefly in central and southern North America and the Caribbean. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Spanish coins > silver sixpence1563 patacon1584 tomin1589 pataca1625 fourpence-halfpenny1723 pistareen1744 1744 Pennsylvania Gaz. 15 Nov. 3/3 (advt.) He counterfeits Pisterines, and had in his Pocket, when he deserted, Pieces of hammer'd Copper, and a Phial of Quick-Silver. 1774 J. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 10 So I gave pistareens enough among the children to have paid twice for my entertainment. 1833 New Eng. Mag. Oct. 314 It was only by threatening to deprive me of a pistareen I had saved, that he conquered my courage and came at the truth. 1891 S. M. Welch Recoll. Buffalo 1830–40 168 The common silver coin known as Pistareen..was worth sixteen and two-thirds cents. 1917 Amer. Hist. Rev. 22 665 The price of a suit of clothes when wool is bought at a pistareen a pound, when the spinning, weaving, fulling are hired and the wife dyes it blue at home. 1984 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 44 722 There is considerable evidence that silver—in particular French crowns and Spanish pistareens—dominated the coinage [in Canada in 1796]. B. adj. Petty, paltry; of little value. Cf. picayune adj. Now rare and literary.In quot. 1952 with reference to Whitman's use (see quot. 1871). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > paltry, mean, or contemptible > fussing or small-minded fistinga1535 petty1597 whiffling1613 leguleian1615 fiddle-faddle1617 leguleious1660 pottering1720 poking1748 niggling1827 poky1828 whifflegig1830 niggly1840 pistareen1860 petty-minded1927 1860 R. W. Emerson Fate in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 6 Now and then, an amiable parson..believes in a pistareen-Providence. 1871 W. Whitman Democratic Vistas 32 Do you term that perpetual, pistareen, paste-pot work, American art, American drama, taste, verse? 1952 D. Hoffman Paul Bunyan v. 134 Although Whitman threw down the gauntlet against pistareen decorum in his art, it was upon a traditional sense of craftsmanship..that he ultimately relied. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1744
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