sprucifyv.

Brit.

/ˈspruːsᵻfʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈsprusəˌfaɪ/

Forms: see spruce adj.² and -ify suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: spruce adj.², -ify suffix.

Etymology: < spruce adj.² + -ify suffix. Compare earlier spruce v.¹ and later sprucy adj.

Now rare.

transitive. To make neat, trim, or attractive in appearance; to smarten; to spruce up.In quot. 1611 with it.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > look well in [verb (transitive)] > make spruce

spruce1594

smirk1596

spruce1598

sprucify1611

slick1834

titivate1842

zhuzh1970

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pimper, to sprucifie, or finifie it; curiously to pranke, trimme, or tricke vp himselfe.

1661 K. W. Confused Characters 106 An Emblematicall ass sprucefyed with the gorgeous trappings of a lofty beusephalus.

1676 Poor Robins Intelligence 15–22 Aug. 1/2 Sprucifying himself like a Country Bridegroom he came up to her brush'd and powder'd.

1792 J. Byng Diary 1 July in Torrington Diaries (1936) III. 143 Now, almost, all parks are so sprucified, and levell'd, and open'd that romantic, wild, scenery, is destroy'd.

1831 Christian Examiner, & Church of Ireland Mag. May 358 The top of the knoll on which the gay Monmouth appeared on his white charger, now sprucified with a Glasgow citizen's country brick box.

1851 E. Ward Jrnl. 7 Mar. (1951) 144 The yawl has had..a coat of black varnish to sprucify her.

2014 V. Franzmann Pests ii. 25 She ain't been out da house fifteen years since the death of her beloved mother. Let us propel a camera crew round an' get her to sprucify it all up.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sprucify
释义	sprucifyv. Brit. /ˈspruːsᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈsprusəˌfaɪ/ Forms: see spruce adj.² and -ify suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: spruce adj.², -ify suffix. Etymology: < spruce adj.² + -ify suffix. Compare earlier spruce v.¹ and later sprucy adj. Now rare. transitive. To make neat, trim, or attractive in appearance; to smarten; to spruce up.In quot. 1611 with it. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > look well in [verb (transitive)] > make spruce spruce1594 smirk1596 spruce1598 sprucify1611 slick1834 titivate1842 zhuzh1970 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pimper, to sprucifie, or finifie it; curiously to pranke, trimme, or tricke vp himselfe. 1661 K. W. Confused Characters 106 An Emblematicall ass sprucefyed with the gorgeous trappings of a lofty beusephalus. 1676 Poor Robins Intelligence 15–22 Aug. 1/2 Sprucifying himself like a Country Bridegroom he came up to her brush'd and powder'd. 1792 J. Byng Diary 1 July in Torrington Diaries (1936) III. 143 Now, almost, all parks are so sprucified, and levell'd, and open'd that romantic, wild, scenery, is destroy'd. 1831 Christian Examiner, & Church of Ireland Mag. May 358 The top of the knoll on which the gay Monmouth appeared on his white charger, now sprucified with a Glasgow citizen's country brick box. 1851 E. Ward Jrnl. 7 Mar. (1951) 144 The yawl has had..a coat of black varnish to sprucify her. 2014 V. Franzmann Pests ii. 25 She ain't been out da house fifteen years since the death of her beloved mother. Let us propel a camera crew round an' get her to sprucify it all up. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1611
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