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screwmatic, a. and n. colloq. (skruːˈmætɪk) [A humorous perversion of rheumatic a. and n., after screw n.1 (see sense 13 b).] A. adj. = rheumatic a. 4 b. rare.1893 P. H. Emerson On Eng. Lagoons 50, I had the screwmatic fever three times. B. n. pl. = rheumatic n. 1.1895 P. H. Emerson Birds, Beasts, &...
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▪ I. screw, n.1 (skruː) Forms: 5 scrwe, skrew(e, 6–7 skrue, skrew, 6–8 scrue, 7– screw. [Apparently, in spite of the difference of sense, a. OF. escroue fem., also escro masc. (mod.F. écrou) female screw, nut; not found in the other Rom. langs. The Teut. langs. have (though not recorded from their e...
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