单词 | absquatulation |
释义 | absquatulationn. humorous (originally and chiefly U.S.). The action of absquatulate v.; absconding, making-off. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [noun] > going away suddenly or hurriedly scamper1697 decampment1706 helter-skelter1713 scamperinga1774 run1799 leg-bail1808 bolting1820 bolt1831 absquatulation1839 vamosing1862 hot foot1869 1839 Liberator (Boston, Mass.) 22 Nov. 187/3 Since his ‘absquatulation’ from Kentucky, he has purchased and paid for 160 acres of land in this state. 1847 H. N. Moore Fitzgerald & Hopkins 164 Artaxerxes and Euphrosyne, after the absquatulation of their pet daughter with the Irish nobleman incog.,..were completely confounded. a1884 M. Pattison Mem. (1885) vi. 213 M[anuel] Johnson jocularly proposed to write the history of Absquatulation. 1901 ‘Linesman’ Words by Eyewitness (1902) 248 The enclosing and utter absquatulation of the commando. 1968 Arizona Republic 29 Feb. 21/1 Some call it Leap Year Day, others simply Feb. 29. But for bachelors and other male unmarrieds it might better be termed Absquatulation..Day. 2008 Arkansas Times (Nexis) 17 Jan. The goldfinches were back at the feeders with not nare excuse for their rude sudden absquatulation of the week before. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1839 |
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