all-firedadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˌɔːlˈfʌɪəd/,

/ˈɔːlˌfʌɪəd/, U.S.

/ˌɔlˈfaɪ(ə)rd/,

/ˌɑlˈfaɪ(ə)rd/,

/ˈɔlˌfaɪ(ə)rd/,

/ˈɑlˌfaɪ(ə)rd/

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: hell-fired adv.

Etymology: Probably a euphemistic alteration of hell-fired adv., after all adv.

slang (originally and chiefly U.S.).

A. adj.

As an intensifier: terrible, extreme; confounded; = hell-fired adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > very great or extreme

strangec1380

overpassinga1382

passinga1387

most?c1430

extremec1460

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ferocious1877

pluperfect1889

raging1889

giddy1896

utter1898

stiff1905

1829 New Hampsh. Statesman & Concord Reg. 20 June The old Comptroller will be a dabster, for they say he has an ‘all-fired’ set of teeth, and will ‘put his work in cruel!’

1835 Boston Pearl 28 Nov. in Dict. Amer. Eng. (1938) (at cited word) His boss gin him a most all-fired cut with a horsewhip.

1862 T. Hughes in Macmillan's Mag. 5 244/1 A went off wi' th' most all-fired noise.

1914 Z. Grey Light Western Stars x. 134 I don't see any call fer sech all-fired fuss.

1964 K. Kesey Sometimes Great Notion 90 What it comes down to is nobody in the whole danged all-fired state knowin' what time it is.

1990 S. King Stand (new ed.) ii. lix. 914 For someone who doesn't want to hear what that old woman has to say, you seem to be in an all-fired hurry to get to her.

B. adv.

As an intensifier: extremely, thoroughly; = hell-fired adv. Cf. all-firedly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > very

tooc888

swith971

wellOE

fullOE

rightc1175

muchc1225

wellac1275

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fair dinkum1904

plurry1907

Pygmalion1914

dinkum1915

beaucoup1918

dirty1920

molto1923

snorting1924

honking1929

hellishing1931

thumpingly1948

way1965

mega1966

mondo1968

seriously1970

totally1972

mucho1978

stonking1990

1833 A. Greene Life & Adv. D. Duckworth I. xvii. 224 What can be the use of such all-fired hard words?

1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. III. vii. 130 I knows I be so all-fired jealous, I can't abear to hear o' her talkin', let alone writin' to ——.

1935 M. M. Atwater Murder in Midsummer x. 96 Tell him to get all-fired busy on it.

1975 J. B. Keane Lett. of Matchmaker in Celebrated Lett. (1996) 321 Dicky and I wanna thank you for being so all-fired nice to Marge and me.

2006 Winnipeg (Manitoba) Free Press 6 Aug. b8/1 How did the amount of money a movie makes get to be so all-fired important, anyway?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	all-fired
释义	all-firedadj.adv. Brit. /ˌɔːlˈfʌɪəd/, /ˈɔːlˌfʌɪəd/, U.S. /ˌɔlˈfaɪ(ə)rd/, /ˌɑlˈfaɪ(ə)rd/, /ˈɔlˌfaɪ(ə)rd/, /ˈɑlˌfaɪ(ə)rd/ Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: hell-fired adv. Etymology: Probably a euphemistic alteration of hell-fired adv., after all adv. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). A. adj. As an intensifier: terrible, extreme; confounded; = hell-fired adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > very great or extreme strangec1380 overpassinga1382 passinga1387 most?c1430 extremec1460 horriblea1464 violenta1500 mainc1540 immortal?c1550 exquisite1552 sore1555 three-piled1598 thundering1618 devilish1639 shrewda1643 deadly1660 woundy1681 vast1696 monstrous1711 mortal1716 terrific1743 hell-fired1754 hellish1764 colossal1794 severe1805 awful1818 all-fired1829 terrible1829 quare and1847 ferocious1877 pluperfect1889 raging1889 giddy1896 utter1898 stiff1905 1829 New Hampsh. Statesman & Concord Reg. 20 June The old Comptroller will be a dabster, for they say he has an ‘all-fired’ set of teeth, and will ‘put his work in cruel!’ 1835 Boston Pearl 28 Nov. in Dict. Amer. Eng. (1938) (at cited word) His boss gin him a most all-fired cut with a horsewhip. 1862 T. Hughes in Macmillan's Mag. 5 244/1 A went off wi' th' most all-fired noise. 1914 Z. Grey Light Western Stars x. 134 I don't see any call fer sech all-fired fuss. 1964 K. Kesey Sometimes Great Notion 90 What it comes down to is nobody in the whole danged all-fired state knowin' what time it is. 1990 S. King Stand (new ed.) ii. lix. 914 For someone who doesn't want to hear what that old woman has to say, you seem to be in an all-fired hurry to get to her. B. adv. As an intensifier: extremely, thoroughly; = hell-fired adv. Cf. all-firedly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > very tooc888 swith971 wellOE wellOE fullOE rightc1175 muchc1225 wellac1275 gainlya1375 endlyc1440 hard?1440 very1448 odda1500 great1535 jolly1549 fellc1600 veryvery1649 gooda1655 vastly1664 strange1667 bloody1676 ever so1686 heartily1727 real1771 precious1775 quarely1805 murry1818 très1819 freely1820 powerfula1822 gurt1824 almighty1830 heap1832 all-fired1833 gradely1850 real1856 bonny1857 heavens1858 veddy1859 canny1867 some1867 oh-so1881 storming1883 spanking1886 socking1896 hefty1898 velly1898 fair dinkum1904 plurry1907 Pygmalion1914 dinkum1915 beaucoup1918 dirty1920 molto1923 snorting1924 honking1929 hellishing1931 thumpingly1948 way1965 mega1966 mondo1968 seriously1970 totally1972 mucho1978 stonking1990 1833 A. Greene Life & Adv. D. Duckworth I. xvii. 224 What can be the use of such all-fired hard words? 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. III. vii. 130 I knows I be so all-fired jealous, I can't abear to hear o' her talkin', let alone writin' to ——. 1935 M. M. Atwater Murder in Midsummer x. 96 Tell him to get all-fired busy on it. 1975 J. B. Keane Lett. of Matchmaker in Celebrated Lett. (1996) 321 Dicky and I wanna thank you for being so all-fired nice to Marge and me. 2006 Winnipeg (Manitoba) Free Press 6 Aug. b8/1 How did the amount of money a movie makes get to be so all-fired important, anyway? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.adv.1829
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