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单词 spiflicate
释义

spiflicatev.

/ˈspɪflɪkeɪt/
Forms: Also spifflicate, spefflicate, smifligate.
Etymology: Probably a purely fanciful formation.
humorous or colloquial.
transitive. To deal with in such a way as to confound or overcome completely; to treat or handle roughly or severely; to crush, destroy. Common in the 19th century.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > crush, stifle, or overwhelm (feelings, etc.)
shendOE
whelvec1000
allayOE
ofdrunkenc1175
quenchc1175
quashc1275
stanchc1315
quella1325
slockena1340
drenchc1374
vanquishc1380
stuffa1387
daunt?a1400
adauntc1400
to put downa1425
overwhelmc1425
overwhelvec1450
quatc1450
slockc1485
suppressa1500
suffocate1526
quealc1530
to trample under foot1530
repress1532
quail1533
suppress1537
infringe1543
revocate1547
whelm1553
queasom1561
knetcha1564
squench1577
restinguish1579
to keep down1581
trample1583
repel1592
accable1602
crush1610
to wrestle down?1611
chokea1616
stranglea1616
stifle1621
smother1632
overpower1646
resuppress1654
strangulate1665
instranglea1670
to choke back, down, in, out1690
to nip or crush in the bud1746
spiflicate1749
squasha1777
to get under1799
burke1835
to stamp out1851
to trample down1853
quelch1864
to sit upon ——1864
squelch1864
smash1865
garrotte1878
scotch1888
douse1916
to drive under1920
stomp1936
stultify1958
society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)] > suppress, repress, or put down
nithereOE
adweschOE
overtreadOE
quellOE
to trample or tread under foot (also feet)c1175
adauntc1325
to bear downc1330
oppressc1380
repressc1391
overyoke?a1425
quencha1425
to bear overc1425
supprisec1440
overquell?c1450
farec1460
supprime1490
downbeara1500
stanch1513
undertread1525
downtread1536
suppress1537
to set one's foot on the neck of1557
depress?a1562
overbear1565
surpress1573
trample1583
repose1663
spiflicate1749
sort1815
to trample down1853
to sit on ——1915
to clamp down1924
crack down1940
tamp1959
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or defeat > defeat completely or do for
overthrowc1375
checkmatea1400
to bring or put to (or unto) utterance1430
distrussc1430
crusha1599
panga1600
to fetch off1600
finish1611
settle?1611
feague1668
rout1676
spiflicate1749
bowl1793
to settle a person's hash1795
dish1798
smash1813
to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835
thunder-smite1875
scuppera1918
to put the bee on1918
stonker1919
to wrap up1922
root1944
banjax1956
marmalize1966
α.
1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue To spiflicate, to confound, silence, or dumbfound.
1796 New Brighton Guide 39 Come, spiflicate that scoundrel Care, Gruel him, bruise him, never fear.
1818 T. Moore Fudge Family in Paris ix. 223 Alas, alas, our ruin's fated; All done up, and spiflicated!
1824 T. Moore Mem. (1853) IV. 258 Asked him about Pendeli, which is long, as I feared, and my song, accordingly, spiflicated.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxvii. 262 Mr. Pyke threatened with many oaths to ‘smifligate’ a very old man.
1842 R. H. Barham Babes in Wood in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 190 So out with your whinger at once, And scrag Jane, while I spiflicate Johnny!
1873 Brit. Q. Rev. LVII. 276 The way in which the learned, racy old Hector smashes and spiflicates scientific idiots..is delicious.
β. 1749 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 563 Whence the term spifflicated?1841 C. H. Hartshorne Salopia Antiqua Gloss. Spifflicate, to do some bodily injury.1857 Ld. Dufferin Lett. from High Latitudes (ed. 3) 200 The best mode of spifflicating the white bears.1894 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Ebb-tide 221 I on'y ast you to stand by and spifflicate the niggers.

Derivatives

ˈspiflicating adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > crushing or suppressing
overwhelming1567
killing1615
spiflicating1852
steamroller1896
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [adjective] > overcoming or overwhelming > completely
crushing1577
confounding1595
prostrative1817
annihilatory1825
spiflicating1852
dishing1895
knock-out1938
1852 J. Labern Pop. Comic Song Bk. 75 While Spifflicating Charlie Coker and Jane of the Hatchet-face divine, Just did the Rowdydowy Poker.
1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors I. x. 194 You've got a spiflicating style of talk about you.
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