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SPIFLICATE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of SPIFLICATE is to overcome or dispose of by violence. www.merriam-webster.com
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spiflicate - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Verb · (transitive, obsolete) To confound, silence or dumbfound. · (transitive, dated) To beat severely. · (transitive, slang, obsolete) To stifle, suffocate, ... en.wiktionary.org
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spiflicate, v. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
The earliest known use of the verb spiflicate is in the mid 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for spiflicate is from 1749, in Gentleman's Magazine. www.oed.com
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spiflicate
spiflicate, v. humorous or colloq. (ˈspɪflɪkeɪt) Also spifflicate, spefflicate. [Prob. a purely fanciful formation. Cf. smifligate v.] trans. 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.α 1785... Oxford English Dictionary
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spiflicate, v. - Green's Dictionary of Slang
163: Spiflicate — to spiflicate a thief is to spill him, or betray the subject of his roguery. 4. of an object, to destroy. 1827. 18501900. 1932. 1827, [UK], J ... greensdictofslang.com
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Of spiflicate and smifligate : r/words - Reddit
spiflicate v. To confound, silence or dumbfound - 1785 Francis Grose, Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue v. To beat severely - 1847 James ... www.reddit.com
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smifligate
smifligate, -ation variants of spiflicate v., spiflication.1839 Dickens Nich. Nick. xxvii, Mr. Pyke threatened with many oaths to ‘smifligate’ a very old man. Ibid., Conjecturing..that smifligation and bloodshed must be one and the same thing. Oxford English Dictionary
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SPIFLICATE definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
British humorous to destroy; annihilate.... Click for pronunciations, examples sentences, video. www.collinsdictionary.com
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SPIFLICATE Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Spiflicate definition: (tr) to destroy; annihilate. See examples of SPIFLICATE used in a sentence. www.dictionary.com
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Spiflicate - Etymology, Origin & Meaning
Originating as a cant word in 1749, "spiflicated" means intoxicated; its Scottish and American slang roots reflect its meaning of being overcome completely. www.etymonline.com
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SPIFFLICATE. - languagehat.com
I just ran across a fine old slang word, spifflicate or spiflicate—the former spelling is preferred by the New Oxford American Dictionary, ... languagehat.com
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pifflicated
pifflicated, ppl. a. U.S. slang. (ˈpɪflɪkeɪtɪd) [A fanciful formation of piffle v., infl. by spiflicate v.] Drunk, intoxicated.1905 Taylor & Gibson Log of Water Wagon 50 (caption) Professor Bunn's patent plugs for pifflicated people. 1934 S. Robertson Devel. Mod. Eng. (1936) xi. 465 English (chiefly... Oxford English Dictionary
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spiflication
spiflication humorous or colloq. (spɪflɪˈkeɪʃən) [f. spiflicate v.] The action of spiflicating; the fact or condition of being spiflicated; complete destruction.1855 R. F. Burton El-Medinah I. 204 Whose blood he vowed to drink—the Oriental form of threatening spiflication. 1859 Meredith R. Feverel x... Oxford English Dictionary
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