piñatan.

Brit.

/pᵻˈn(j)ɑːtə/, U.S.

/pɪnˈjɑdə/

Forms: 1800s piñate, 1800s– pinata, 1900s– pignata, 1900s– pignatta, 1900s– piñata.

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

Etymology: < Spanish piñata (c1849 or earlier in sense 1), specific sense of piñata pot (1517) < Italian pignatta (a1342; compare earlier Italian regional (Venice) pignata (1315)), probably < pigna pine nut (see pine n.²) + -ata -ade suffix, the container being so called because of its resemblance to a pine nut.In forms pignata, pignatta after the Italian forms.

1. A decorated container (originally a pottery bowl) filled with sweets or small gifts, which is suspended from a height and broken open as part of a celebration, usually by a blindfolded person with a stick.Originating in Spain and taken to Mexico by 16th-cent. missionaries, the piñata is now also popular at children's parties in the United States, Canada, and parts of South America.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > [noun] > opened on festive occasions

piñata1868

society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [noun] > other tokens of

palmOE

peal1509

illumination1797

feu de joie1801

confetti1815

street decoration1846

piñata1868

Venetian mast1883

serpentin1894

ticker tape1902

society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > others

spurc1450

cock1608

turnel1621

corala1625

house of cardsa1625

Jack-in-the-box1659

(Prince) Rupert's Drops1662

sucker1681

whirligig1686

playbook1694

card house1733

snapper1788

card castle1792

Aaron's bells?1795

Noah's Ark1807

Jacob's ladder1820

cat-stairs1825

daisy chain1841

beanbag1861

playboat1865

piñata1868

teething ring1872

weet-weet1878

tumble-over1883

water cracker1887

jumping-bean1889

play money1894

serpentin1894

comforter1898

pacifier1901

dummy1903

bubble water1904

yo-yo1915

paper airplane1921

snowstorm1926

titty1927

teaser1935

Slinky1948

teether1949

Mr Potato Head1952

squeeze toy1954

Frisbee1957

mobile1957

chew toy1959

water-rocket1961

Crazy Foam1965

playshop1967

war toy1973

waterball1974

pull-along1976

transformer1984

Aerobie1985

1868 C. D. Tyng Stranger in Tropics 100 The pinata is a large globe of paper, filled with a variety of objects, suspended over the ball-room floor.

1887 F. C. Gooch Face to Face with Mexicans viii. 265 The fun of breaking the piñate begins. It is suspended from the ceiling, and each person..blindfolded..proceeds to strike the swinging piñate.

1925 G. Herriman Krazy Kat in Seattle Post-Intelligencer 19 Apr. e5/3 The little widow..gives a ‘baile’, a party, a dance—during which a ‘piñata’ full of sweets will be broken.

1959 C. Ramsdell San Antonio iv. xv. 262/2 Child after child, blindfolded, is whirled about, and turned loose to bat wildly in the supposed direction of the piñata, which dangles at the end of a rope.

1994 Today's Parent Oct. 15/1 A pinata (maybe in the shape of a ghost or witch) is a great activity for all ages.

2. figurative. Chiefly U.S. A person or thing likened to a piñata, esp. in being attacked; esp. something which contains numerous (desirable) items.

ΚΠ

1967 P. F. Boller Quotemanship vi. 246 The ‘Bandwagon’ presented a little piñata of quotes from Harding's campaign speeches.

1985 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 8 May c23 The result is a veritable pinata of a book, which, when smashed by the reader's enthusiastic attention, showers down upon him everything from the history of useless roulette systems to the latest developments in chaos theory.

1997 Economist 25 Jan. 60/3 In a reminder of the piñata, a shameless grab for property in their last days of power in 1990, the Sandinists also created cushy jobs for their pals defeated in the October vote.

2004 Boston Globe (Nexis) 16 Oct. e1 Red Sox bosses defied a commissioner's order and conducted a ridiculous press conference that inflamed the hard feelings and made them a pinata for the national media.

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

单词	piñata
释义	piñatan. Brit. /pᵻˈn(j)ɑːtə/, U.S. /pɪnˈjɑdə/ Forms: 1800s piñate, 1800s– pinata, 1900s– pignata, 1900s– pignatta, 1900s– piñata. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish piñata. Etymology: < Spanish piñata (c1849 or earlier in sense 1), specific sense of piñata pot (1517) < Italian pignatta (a1342; compare earlier Italian regional (Venice) pignata (1315)), probably < pigna pine nut (see pine n.²) + -ata -ade suffix, the container being so called because of its resemblance to a pine nut.In forms pignata, pignatta after the Italian forms. 1. A decorated container (originally a pottery bowl) filled with sweets or small gifts, which is suspended from a height and broken open as part of a celebration, usually by a blindfolded person with a stick.Originating in Spain and taken to Mexico by 16th-cent. missionaries, the piñata is now also popular at children's parties in the United States, Canada, and parts of South America. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > [noun] > opened on festive occasions piñata1868 society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [noun] > other tokens of palmOE peal1509 illumination1797 feu de joie1801 confetti1815 street decoration1846 piñata1868 Venetian mast1883 serpentin1894 ticker tape1902 society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > others spurc1450 cock1608 turnel1621 corala1625 house of cardsa1625 Jack-in-the-box1659 (Prince) Rupert's Drops1662 sucker1681 whirligig1686 playbook1694 card house1733 snapper1788 card castle1792 Aaron's bells?1795 Noah's Ark1807 Jacob's ladder1820 cat-stairs1825 daisy chain1841 beanbag1861 playboat1865 piñata1868 teething ring1872 weet-weet1878 tumble-over1883 water cracker1887 jumping-bean1889 play money1894 serpentin1894 comforter1898 pacifier1901 dummy1903 bubble water1904 yo-yo1915 paper airplane1921 snowstorm1926 titty1927 teaser1935 Slinky1948 teether1949 Mr Potato Head1952 squeeze toy1954 Frisbee1957 mobile1957 chew toy1959 water-rocket1961 Crazy Foam1965 playshop1967 war toy1973 waterball1974 pull-along1976 transformer1984 Aerobie1985 1868 C. D. Tyng Stranger in Tropics 100 The pinata is a large globe of paper, filled with a variety of objects, suspended over the ball-room floor. 1887 F. C. Gooch Face to Face with Mexicans viii. 265 The fun of breaking the piñate begins. It is suspended from the ceiling, and each person..blindfolded..proceeds to strike the swinging piñate. 1925 G. Herriman Krazy Kat in Seattle Post-Intelligencer 19 Apr. e5/3 The little widow..gives a ‘baile’, a party, a dance—during which a ‘piñata’ full of sweets will be broken. 1959 C. Ramsdell San Antonio iv. xv. 262/2 Child after child, blindfolded, is whirled about, and turned loose to bat wildly in the supposed direction of the piñata, which dangles at the end of a rope. 1994 Today's Parent Oct. 15/1 A pinata (maybe in the shape of a ghost or witch) is a great activity for all ages. 2. figurative. Chiefly U.S. A person or thing likened to a piñata, esp. in being attacked; esp. something which contains numerous (desirable) items. ΚΠ 1967 P. F. Boller Quotemanship vi. 246 The ‘Bandwagon’ presented a little piñata of quotes from Harding's campaign speeches. 1985 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 8 May c23 The result is a veritable pinata of a book, which, when smashed by the reader's enthusiastic attention, showers down upon him everything from the history of useless roulette systems to the latest developments in chaos theory. 1997 Economist 25 Jan. 60/3 In a reminder of the piñata, a shameless grab for property in their last days of power in 1990, the Sandinists also created cushy jobs for their pals defeated in the October vote. 2004 Boston Globe (Nexis) 16 Oct. e1 Red Sox bosses defied a commissioner's order and conducted a ridiculous press conference that inflamed the hard feelings and made them a pinata for the national media. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1868
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