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Otaheite

Otaheite proper noun: tahiti.

Proper noun

Otaheite

  1. (obsolete) Tahiti.
    • The custom of eating dogs at Otaheite being mentioned, Goldsmith observed, that this was also a custom in China […].1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford, published 2008, page 525

Adjective

Otaheite (comparative more Otaheite, superlative most Otaheite)

  1. (now only in compound terms) Tahitian.
    • ...and two Otaheite princes, nearly seven feet, swathed in white calico, with naked arms and legs, would stand on each side, holding a laurel crown over the heads of the fair cherubs, with a massive club in their right hands, threatening destruction to all who approached.1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXXVII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 175

Noun

Otaheite (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The Tahitian language.
    • I found Omai seated on the Great Chair, and my Brother next to him, and talking Otaheite as fast as possible.1774, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin 2001, 1 December
  2. (obsolete, rare) A Tahitian.

Forms of Otaheite

comparativemore Otaheite
superlativemost Otaheite

Origin of Otaheite

From (misinterpretation of) Tahitian ʻo Tahiti.

Words formed from Otaheite

Phrases with Otaheite

Questions about Otaheite

What does Otaheite mean?
Otaheite means tahiti.
What part of speech is Otaheite?
Otaheite can be a proper noun, an adjective or a noun.

Words near Otaheite in the dictionary

  1. otagei
  2. Otago
  3. otah-otah
  4. Otaheitan
  5. Otaheitans
  6. Otaheite
  7. Otaheite apple
  8. Otaheite apples
  9. Otaheite cashew
  10. Otaheite cashews
  11. Otahuhu

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