pyen.

Brit.

/pʌɪ/, U.S.

/paɪ/

Forms: 1800s pye, 1800s– pie.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: pye-dog n.

Etymology: Short for pye-dog n. Compare earlier pariah dog n. at pariah n. and adj. Compounds.

Now rare.

Short for pye-dog n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > ownerless

street dog1775

pariah dog1780

pariah1816

pye-dog1864

pye1886

stray1892

1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson 566/2 Pye, a familiar designation among British soldiers and young officers for a Pariah-dog.

1891 J. L. Kipling Beast & Man in India 266 We English call him a pariah, but this word, belonging to a low..class of people in Madras, is never heard on native lips as applied to a dog, any more than our other word ‘pie.’

1924 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 355/1 The men of Bokkos and their dogs—the sorriest-looking pie-dogs in all Africa..go forth to get what they can. In a poor lot these Bokkos pies are the poorest.

2006 Frontier Star (Karachi, Pakistan) (Nexis) 7 June [To get rid of stray dogs] all town administrations of the city will launch anti-pye drive simultaneously.]

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

单词	pye
释义	pyen. Brit. /pʌɪ/, U.S. /paɪ/ Forms: 1800s pye, 1800s– pie. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: pye-dog n. Etymology: Short for pye-dog n. Compare earlier pariah dog n. at pariah n. and adj. Compounds. Now rare. Short for pye-dog n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > ownerless street dog1775 pariah dog1780 pariah1816 pye-dog1864 pye1886 stray1892 1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson 566/2 Pye, a familiar designation among British soldiers and young officers for a Pariah-dog. 1891 J. L. Kipling Beast & Man in India 266 We English call him a pariah, but this word, belonging to a low..class of people in Madras, is never heard on native lips as applied to a dog, any more than our other word ‘pie.’ 1924 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 355/1 The men of Bokkos and their dogs—the sorriest-looking pie-dogs in all Africa..go forth to get what they can. In a poor lot these Bokkos pies are the poorest. 2006 Frontier Star (Karachi, Pakistan) (Nexis) 7 June [To get rid of stray dogs] all town administrations of the city will launch anti-pye drive simultaneously.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1886
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