pusztan.

Brit.

/ˈpʊstə/, U.S.

/ˈpʊstə/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, pusztas.

Forms: 1800s putzta, 1800s– pussta, 1800s– puszta, 1800s– putza, 1800s– puzta.

Origin: A borrowing from Hungarian. Etymon: Hungarian puszta.

Etymology: < Hungarian puszta plain, steppe, waste (probably < a Slavonic language).

In Hungary: a large plain, a steppe; a flat treeless region. Also as a mass noun.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > level land > [noun] > level place or plain > in specific country

savannah1555

llano1613

vega1645

steppea1670

pampasa1672

pampas1703

prairie1773

veld1785

Great Plains1794

puszta1839

campo1863

polje1894

mudflats1947

1839 E. S. Wortley Visionary iii. iii. 243 These European pampas—these broad plains—These wide-spread puztas shall he soon forsake, And dwell where civilized refinement reigns.

1842 F. W. Faber Styrian Lake 324 The hailstorms with white oars across the putzas roam.

1852 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. II. xvii. 86 The widely extended pastures, which reach in every direction to the horizon, are called in the country, Puszta.

1896 Daily News 9 June 7/6 Only a nation of horsemen who have the Pussta to practise upon could turn out such a number of first-class horses.

1927 Daily Express 14 Dec. 9/1 They are the Chicos, as the ‘cowboys’ are called, and the Pusztas, or prairies, are to be found only a few hours' journey from Budapest.

1947 M. R. Shackleton Europe (ed. 3) v. xxvii. 334 South-east of Kecskemét the soil is impregnated with salts and there is a large area of puszta (= ‘waste’), known as the Bugác steppe.

1972 Guardian 4 Nov. 14/4 The Great Hungarian Plain... Pleasant to lunch here, serenaded by Hungarian Gipsy bands as you eat your puszta steak.

1973 Country Life 11 Jan. 74/1 There can be few areas of Europe that are flatter..than the great plains, the puszta, of Hungary.

1995 Guardian 16 Sept. (Weekend Suppl.) 49/4 After the flat vistas of the puszta, the rolling countryside and tree-lined hillsides made a pleasant change.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	puszta
释义	pusztan. Brit. /ˈpʊstə/, U.S. /ˈpʊstə/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, pusztas. Forms: 1800s putzta, 1800s– pussta, 1800s– puszta, 1800s– putza, 1800s– puzta. Origin: A borrowing from Hungarian. Etymon: Hungarian puszta. Etymology: < Hungarian puszta plain, steppe, waste (probably < a Slavonic language). In Hungary: a large plain, a steppe; a flat treeless region. Also as a mass noun. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > level land > [noun] > level place or plain > in specific country savannah1555 llano1613 vega1645 steppea1670 pampasa1672 pampas1703 prairie1773 veld1785 Great Plains1794 puszta1839 campo1863 polje1894 mudflats1947 1839 E. S. Wortley Visionary iii. iii. 243 These European pampas—these broad plains—These wide-spread puztas shall he soon forsake, And dwell where civilized refinement reigns. 1842 F. W. Faber Styrian Lake 324 The hailstorms with white oars across the putzas roam. 1852 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. II. xvii. 86 The widely extended pastures, which reach in every direction to the horizon, are called in the country, Puszta. 1896 Daily News 9 June 7/6 Only a nation of horsemen who have the Pussta to practise upon could turn out such a number of first-class horses. 1927 Daily Express 14 Dec. 9/1 They are the Chicos, as the ‘cowboys’ are called, and the Pusztas, or prairies, are to be found only a few hours' journey from Budapest. 1947 M. R. Shackleton Europe (ed. 3) v. xxvii. 334 South-east of Kecskemét the soil is impregnated with salts and there is a large area of puszta (= ‘waste’), known as the Bugác steppe. 1972 Guardian 4 Nov. 14/4 The Great Hungarian Plain... Pleasant to lunch here, serenaded by Hungarian Gipsy bands as you eat your puszta steak. 1973 Country Life 11 Jan. 74/1 There can be few areas of Europe that are flatter..than the great plains, the puszta, of Hungary. 1995 Guardian 16 Sept. (Weekend Suppl.) 49/4 After the flat vistas of the puszta, the rolling countryside and tree-lined hillsides made a pleasant change. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1839
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