单词 | welshify |
释义 | Welshifyv. transitive. To make Welsh; spec. to give a Welsh form to (a word, name, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [verb (transitive)] > Celtic > give a Welsh form to Welshify1825 1825 S. Oliver Gen. Crit. Gram. Inglish Lang. 115 Gentile verbs in fy, forming their past participle in fied, are uncommon, though familiar:..the following are examples: Frenchify, Welshify, Dutchify. 1878 Young Folk's Weekly Budget 6 July 5/1 My accent is getting so Welshified. 1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 320 Are we to account for this, and so many other traces of Latin words Welshified, by the Roman occupation of the country? 1905 Archaeologia Cambrensis 5 47 It is to be regretted that the ‘Floyds’ of South Pembrokeshire have allowed their name to be Welshified into Lloyd. 1983 Times 8 Dec. 15/3 He was brought up in Wales ‘by three insane aunts’ after his grand-father had demanded that he be ‘Welshified’. 2005 S. Elmes Talking for Brit. iv. 90 I found it easier, less troublesome, to Welshify an English word than search for and use the correct Welsh word. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1825 |
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