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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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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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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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