ourang-outang

English

Etymology

From Malay orang utan.

Noun

ourang-outang (plural ourang-outangs)

1. Dated form of orangutan.
   • 1841 March, Edgar A[llan] Poe, “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”, in George R[ex] Graham, Rufus W[ilmot] Griswold, editors, Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine. […], volume XVIII, number 4, Philadelphia, Pa.: George R. Graham, published April 1841, →OCLC, page 176, column 1:

     It was a minute anatomical and generally descriptive account of the large fulvous Ourang-Outang of the East Indian Islands.

References

• “ourang-outang”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.