Maorifiedadj.
/ˈmaʊrᵻfʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈmaʊrᵻˌfaɪd/, New Zealand English /ˈmʌːorifɑed/, /ˈmæurəfɑed/ Chiefly New Zealand.
Rendered Maori in form or character.
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1840–1 Ironside's Jrnl. in C. A. MacDonald Pages from Past (1933) 130 In conversing with [Maori] I was often puzzled with these Maorified-English expressions that fell so glibly from their lips.
1863 F. E. Maning Old N.Z. iii. 52 At last the war-dance ended; and then my tribe (I find I am already beginning to get Maorified)..endeavoured to out-do even their amiable friends' exhibition.
1922 J. Cowan N.Z. Wars (1955) II. 12 A maorified version of the Benediction was chanted with one voice.
1948 G. M. Henderson Antecedents & Early Life V. Savage 24 Another reason was that he was a ‘Maorified’ pakeha, and therefore one on whom you could play a joke without offence.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1840- pick up one's crumbs
- pick up one's marbles and go home
- pick up stakes
- pick up steam
- pick up the bill
- pick up the check
- pick up the etc
- pick up the gauntlet
- pick up the marbles
- pick up the pieces
- pick up the scent
- pick up the tab
- pick up the thread
- pick up the thread of
- pick up the threads
- pick up the threads of
- pick up where one left off
- pick upon
- pick win a thank
- pick's disease
- pick's syndrome
- pick-
- pigeonholer
- pigeonholers
- pigeonholes