Whiggifiedadj.
/ˈwɪɡᵻfʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wɪɡəˌfaɪd/ Usually somewhat depreciative. historical after mid 19th cent.
Imbued with or inclining to the principles or outlook of the Whigs or Whig Party. Cf. earlier Torified adj.
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1753 ‘G. Greenwood’ Old Interest v. 19 You shitsack, canting, whigified, low-Church, schismatical Regicide.
1763 North Briton 12 Feb. 244 The strict harmony subsisting between the whiggified Tories, the torified Whigs, and the amphibious North Britons.
1844 D. O. Madden Ireland & its Rulers II. xvi. 291 Several constituencies became very Whiggified.
1850 Notts. Guardian 13 June 2/5 William Brown, of Lancashire, is another splendid specimen of a Whiggified Radical.
1996 Relig. & Lit. 28 70 A novel set in ‘the then gay’, but thoroughly whiggified city of Dublin.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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adj.1753- park bench
- park deer
- park fence
- park fudge
- park gate
- park hack
- park home
- park lane
- park lane-ite
- park laneite
- park leaves
- park lodge
- park of artillery
- park officer
- park ones also the fudge
- park pale
- park paling
- park palis
- park parade
- park ranger
- park robber
- park side
- park the bus
- park time
- park wall