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aˈffich(e, v.
Also 4 affitch, 5 afficche, -yche.
[a. Fr. affiche-r, OFr. aficher, afichier, cogn. w. Pr. aficar, afiquar, Sp. afijar, It. afficcare, for the origin of which Diez assumes a late L. *affīgicāre, f. ad to + *fīgicāre, deriv. form of fīgĕre to fix; cf. fodĕre, fodicāre, pendĕre, pendicāre, whence Fr. pencher.]
†1. To fix to, affix. Obs.
1382Wyclif 2 Kings xviii. 16 The platis of gold, the whiche he hadde affitchide. 1393Gower Conf. II. 211 Right only for the coveitise Of that they sen a womman riche, Ther wol they alle her loue affiche. c1450Merlin 117 He afficched hym so in the sturopes that the horse bakke bente.
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a. |afiʃ|. Inf. afficher, pa. pple. affiché. To parade, flaunt; to advertise or give notice of. Cf. affiche. Now rare or Obs.
1827J. S. Mill Speech in Archiv f. Sozialwissensch. (1929) LXII. 460 It will become the fashion..to affiche ignorance and boast of it as if it were a merit. 1841C'tess Blessington Idler in France I. 319, I doubt whether the general mass of the upper class would afficher their piety as much as they do now if their regular attendance at divine worship was less likely to be known at the Tuilleries. a1854Mill Early Draft Autobiogr. (1961) 104, I ceased to afficher sectarianism. 1867‘Ouida’ Under Two Flags I. vii. 129 No reception, no garden party..[was] fashionably affiché without being visited by him.
b. refl. To appear or be seen in public with a member of the opposite sex. Now rare.
1835E. Grosvenor Let. in G. Huxley Lady Elizabeth & Grosvenors (1965) vii. 151 He has been affiché-ing himself in the most public and disgraceful manner with a Jewess of the very worst character. 1904H. O. Sturgis Belchamber x. 137 I'll drop him a hint to be more careful and not to go and afficher himself. 1921W. J. Locke Mountebank xiii. 160 Any fool could see she was in love with the man. And they had affichéd themselves together all over the place. 1935D. L. Sayers Gaudy Night iv. 66 If one intended to break off a connection with anyone, it was perhaps not the best opening move to afficher one's self with him at Ferrara's. |