Otaheite

1. obsoleteTahiti.First known use 18th c.

   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

comparative more Otaheite · superlative most Otaheite

1. now only in compound termsTahitian.First known use 18th c.

   ...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

1. obsoleteuncountableThe Tahitian language.First known use 18th c.

   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. obsoleterareuncountableA Tahitian.First known use 19th c.