perfickadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈpəːfɪk/, U.S.

/ˈpərfɪk/

Forms: 1700s parfeck, 1800s– perfick; Scottish 1800s perfec', 1800s perfek, 1800s– perfeck, 1900s– pairfec'.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: perfect adj.

Etymology: Representing a colloquial (especially rural) pronunciation of perfect adj.

colloquial (now chiefly British).

Perfect (also occasionally as adv.). Often with the implication that the speaker is from an unsophisticated, uneducated, or rural background.In later British use popularized by the character ‘Pop’ Larkin in H. E. Bates's The Darling Buds of May (1958) and its sequels, and esp. in the British television series (1991–3) of the same name.

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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adjective] > perfect

finea1300

perfecta1398

crownedc1405

absolute?a1425

obsolute1522

quintessential1551

absolentc1560

fashionate1593

omniperfect1678

quadriform1679

exemplary1709

perfick1771

puffick1858

twenty-twenty1875

copybook1908

perfecto1941

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker III. 240 I have met with so many axidents, suprisals, and terrifications, that I am in a parfeck fantigo.

1840 W. M. Thackeray Epist. to Literati in Fraser's Mag. Jan. 72/2 These remarks..are.., I assure you, written in perfick good-natur.

1873 A. G. Murdoch Lilts on Doric Lyre 29 That's three times, Laird, ye've jink't the Deil, Gane deid, an' wauken'd perfeck weel.

1897 Harper's Mag. Dec. 124 I can reckermember perfick when some uv these vay folks..never expected to be asked in.

1958 H. E. Bates Darling Buds of May i. 5 Perfick wevver! You kids all right at the back there?

1991 Sun 16 Dec. 11/2 It's the perfick prize! We're giving away a fabulous country cottage worth up to £75,000.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	perfick
释义	perfickadj.adv. Brit. /ˈpəːfɪk/, U.S. /ˈpərfɪk/ Forms: 1700s parfeck, 1800s– perfick; Scottish 1800s perfec', 1800s perfek, 1800s– perfeck, 1900s– pairfec'. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: perfect adj. Etymology: Representing a colloquial (especially rural) pronunciation of perfect adj. colloquial (now chiefly British). Perfect (also occasionally as adv.). Often with the implication that the speaker is from an unsophisticated, uneducated, or rural background.In later British use popularized by the character ‘Pop’ Larkin in H. E. Bates's The Darling Buds of May (1958) and its sequels, and esp. in the British television series (1991–3) of the same name. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adjective] > perfect finea1300 perfecta1398 crownedc1405 absolute?a1425 obsolute1522 quintessential1551 absolentc1560 fashionate1593 omniperfect1678 quadriform1679 exemplary1709 perfick1771 puffick1858 twenty-twenty1875 copybook1908 perfecto1941 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker III. 240 I have met with so many axidents, suprisals, and terrifications, that I am in a parfeck fantigo. 1840 W. M. Thackeray Epist. to Literati in Fraser's Mag. Jan. 72/2 These remarks..are.., I assure you, written in perfick good-natur. 1873 A. G. Murdoch Lilts on Doric Lyre 29 That's three times, Laird, ye've jink't the Deil, Gane deid, an' wauken'd perfeck weel. 1897 Harper's Mag. Dec. 124 I can reckermember perfick when some uv these vay folks..never expected to be asked in. 1958 H. E. Bates Darling Buds of May i. 5 Perfick wevver! You kids all right at the back there? 1991 Sun 16 Dec. 11/2 It's the perfick prize! We're giving away a fabulous country cottage worth up to £75,000. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.1771
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