单词 | bepuff |
释义 | bepuffv. transitive. a. To puff or blow out, to swell. ΚΠ 1843 [see sense b]. b. figurative. To puff up, praise greatly. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > commend or praise [verb (transitive)] > for ulterior purpose puffa1500 bepuff1843 to whoop up1856 boom1879 plug1900 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iii. vii. 392 Doggeries never so diplomaed, bepuffed, gas-lighted. 1860 C. Dickens Uncommerc. Traveller in All Year Round 5 May 89/1 Even the Lord Mayor..—not a Fiction conventionally be-puffed on one day in the year by illustrious friends. Derivatives beˈpuffed adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [adjective] > distending > swelling > swollen bollen?c1225 bolghena1250 swollenc1325 rank?a1400 forbolned1413 puff1472 voustyc1480 knule?a1513 puffed1536 boldenc1540 tumorous1547 bladder-like1549 hoven1558 forswollen1565 uppuffed1573 bolled1578 engrossed1578 heaved1578 puffy1598 swelleda1616 bloughty1620 inflate1620 tympanous1625 tumid1626 tumoured1635 tumefied1651 bloated1664 pluff1673 inflated1744 balloon-like?1784 bladdery1785 ballooned1820 bepuffeda1849 utriculate1860 pobby1888 a1849 Poe Wks. (1864) IV. 303 Altering my countenance..from its bepuffed and distorted appearance. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < |
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