单词 | finify |
释义 | finifyv. Obsolete exc. U.S. and dialect. transitive. To make fine; to adorn, deck, ‘trick up’. to finify it: see quot. 1611. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautify (the person) [verb (intransitive)] trick?1532 mundify1568 prune1568 to finify it1586 prink1591 brisk1592 tiff1700 fetish1735 beautify1777 adonize1781 fix1783 smart1794 smarten1813 titivate1835 primp1887 doll1916 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautify [verb (transitive)] > ornament > trim or deck out perfurnish1375 enflourish?a1400 varnish14.. perform1420 to pick outc1429 polish?1440 trimc1516 to set out1523 trick?1532 face1542 trick1545 prank1546 tricka1555 bawdefy1562 tickle1567 prink1573 finify1586 deck1587 decore1603 betrima1616 fangle1615 beprank1648 prim1688 to garnish outa1704 decorate1782 to do off1794 dizen1807 tricolatea1825 fal-lal1845 1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. ii. x. 40 Her rotten trunk and rustie face she finified than. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pimper, to sprucifie, or finifie it; curiously to pranke, trimme, or tricke vp himselfe. 1678 A. Behn Sir Patient Fancy iv. iii. 65 Get you gon—and finefy your knacks. 1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) iv. x. 41 Some..dress'd the Pages in Womens Cloths, and finified them like any Babies. 1843 J. S. Robb Streaks Squatter Life 73 Ef he [sc. this new judge] is the slicked up finefied sort on a character they pictur' him, I don't want to see him. 1891 Harper's Mag. Jan. 222/1 They [sc. women] air obleiged ter set out a table all tricked up an' finified off. 1895 W. Rye Gloss. Words E. Anglia Finify, to be over-nice in doing anything. Derivatives ˈfinified adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [adjective] > ornamented or decorated > trimmed or decked out well-trimmedc1513 trimmed?1533 tricksy1552 finified1628 dizened1775 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer ii. 2067 Some..parted from Our City walls..so finifi'd, As if their meaning was, to shew their pride In Country Churches. 1662 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 3rd Pt. 63 Now while thou art in a natural estate (though never so finified) Old Adam is thy father. ˈfinifying n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] > ornamentation or decoration > trimming or decking out performinga1427 trimmingc1525 tricking1549 finifying1674 top-dressing1846 1674 J. D. Mall ii. iii. 30 Such licking, patching, and finifying. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < |
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