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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.
α1785Grose Dict. Vulgar T., To spiflicate, to confound, silence, or dumbfound. 1796New Brighton Guide 39 Come, spiflicate that scoundrel Care, Gruel him, bruise him, never fear. 1818Moore Fudge Fam. Paris ix. 223 Alas, alas, our ruin's fated; All done up, and spiflicated! 1824― Mem. (1853) IV. 258 Asked him about Pendeli, which is long, as I feared, and my song, accordingly, spiflicated. 1842Barham Ingol. Leg. Ser. ii. Babes in Wood xi, So out with your whinger at once, and scrag Jane, while I spiflicate Johnny! 1873Brit. Q. Rev. LVII. 276 The way in which the learned, racy old Hector smashes and spiflicates scientific idiots..is delicious.
β1749Gentl. Mag. Dec. 563 Whence the term spifflicated? 1841Hartshorne Salop. Ant. Gloss., Spifflicate, to do some bodily injury. 1857Dufferin Lett. High Lat. (ed. 3) 200 The best mode of spifflicating the white bears. 1894Stevenson & L. Osbourne Ebb-tide 221, I on'y ast you to stand by and spifflicate the niggers.
Hence ˈspiflicating ppl. a.
1852[see rowdy-dow n.]. 1891Meredith One of our Conq. x, You've got a spiflicating style of talk about you. |