maftedadj.

Brit.

/ˈmaftᵻd/, U.S.

/ˈmæftəd/

Forms: 1800s– mafted, 1800s mefted.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: maft v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < maft v. + -ed suffix¹, although the verb is first attested much later, and is itself of unknown origin.

English regional (north-eastern, esp. Yorkshire).

In predicative use: oppressed or stifled, esp. by the heat; exhausted from heat, crowds, or exertion.

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a1800 S. Pegge Suppl. Grose's Provinc. Gloss. (1814) Mafted, overpowered by heat. York.

1898 Belgravia Apr. 529 It's that warm in here, I'm fair mafted.

a1921 R. W. S. Bishop My Moorland Patients (1922) i. 7 He was very ‘mafted and moidered’ with such a sudden plunge into city dissipation, and only too thankful to return safe and sound to his moorland eyrie.

1973 F. Horner Dunnington x. 69 It wor her weddin day: T'oose wor that full o' kelter an fooaks Ah wor arrished an mafted, an all.

2010 @lucyinglis 24 Feb. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Dear Lord—a fur coat on the Bakerloo line, she must have been mafted.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mafted
释义	maftedadj. Brit. /ˈmaftᵻd/, U.S. /ˈmæftəd/ Forms: 1800s– mafted, 1800s mefted. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: maft v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < maft v. + -ed suffix¹, although the verb is first attested much later, and is itself of unknown origin. English regional (north-eastern, esp. Yorkshire). In predicative use: oppressed or stifled, esp. by the heat; exhausted from heat, crowds, or exertion. ΚΠ a1800 S. Pegge Suppl. Grose's Provinc. Gloss. (1814) Mafted, overpowered by heat. York. 1898 Belgravia Apr. 529 It's that warm in here, I'm fair mafted. a1921 R. W. S. Bishop My Moorland Patients (1922) i. 7 He was very ‘mafted and moidered’ with such a sudden plunge into city dissipation, and only too thankful to return safe and sound to his moorland eyrie. 1973 F. Horner Dunnington x. 69 It wor her weddin day: T'oose wor that full o' kelter an fooaks Ah wor arrished an mafted, an all. 2010 @lucyinglis 24 Feb. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Dear Lord—a fur coat on the Bakerloo line, she must have been mafted. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1800
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