-ficatecomb. form

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin -ficāt-, -ficāre.

Etymology: < classical Latin -ficāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of verbs ending in -ficāre (see -fy suffix).Found in borrowings or adaptations of Latin words from the 15th cent. (e.g. metrificate v., vivificate v.). Formations within English are found (sparingly) from the 17th cent.

Forming verbs with the sense ‘to turn into or make (what is indicated by the first element)’, as essencificate v., ramificate v., etc. Cf. -fication suffix.Sometimes used (typically humorously, esp. to imply over-elaborate speech) where there is already an equivalent verb in -fy suffix, or in ad hoc formations (cf. quodlibetificate v.).

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1840 E. Howard Jack Ashore I. xvii. 278 It is as hard to make a sailor of a landsman as to purfessional niceties, as it is to transmogrificate me into a gentleman.

1922 ‘L. Malet’ Da Silva's Widow 45 We will once more jollificate. We go to the theatre, take expeditions, play amusing games.

1986 S. Baxter & A. Mitchell Stanley Baxter's Bedside Bk. Glasgow Humour vi. 26 Ye can guess who was picked—Morag McSwain. I was jist her understudy. Oh, I was mortificated!

2002 T. D. Hidier Born Confused xxxviii. 352 A pooja, which was, in the case, a sort of Hindu housewarming. So the plan was this: Kavita and I would poojaficate her ‘new’ home, and then have a girls' day out.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	-ficate
释义	-ficatecomb. form Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin -ficāt-, -ficāre. Etymology: < classical Latin -ficāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of verbs ending in -ficāre (see -fy suffix).Found in borrowings or adaptations of Latin words from the 15th cent. (e.g. metrificate v., vivificate v.). Formations within English are found (sparingly) from the 17th cent. Forming verbs with the sense ‘to turn into or make (what is indicated by the first element)’, as essencificate v., ramificate v., etc. Cf. -fication suffix.Sometimes used (typically humorously, esp. to imply over-elaborate speech) where there is already an equivalent verb in -fy suffix, or in ad hoc formations (cf. quodlibetificate v.). ΚΠ 1840 E. Howard Jack Ashore I. xvii. 278 It is as hard to make a sailor of a landsman as to purfessional niceties, as it is to transmogrificate me into a gentleman. 1922 ‘L. Malet’ Da Silva's Widow 45 We will once more jollificate. We go to the theatre, take expeditions, play amusing games. 1986 S. Baxter & A. Mitchell Stanley Baxter's Bedside Bk. Glasgow Humour vi. 26 Ye can guess who was picked—Morag McSwain. I was jist her understudy. Oh, I was mortificated! 2002 T. D. Hidier Born Confused xxxviii. 352 A pooja, which was, in the case, a sort of Hindu housewarming. So the plan was this: Kavita and I would poojaficate her ‘new’ home, and then have a girls' day out. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < comb. form1840
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