puffickadj.

Brit.

/ˈpʌfɪk/, U.S.

/ˈpəfɪk/

Forms: 1800s– puffic, 1800s– puffick.

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

Etymology: Representing a colloquial or regional pronunciation of perfect adj. Compare earlier perfick adj.

colloquial.

= perfect adj. (in various senses). Cf. perfick adj.

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

1858 Southern Literary Messenger 26 383/2 Thar's a Sennytur here in Washintin which has bilt him a puffick pallis with wun trip of mile money.

a1897 T. E. Brown in Coll. Poems (1900) 304 ‘Oh!’ he'd say, ‘the rapthurs! The puffick joy!’

1942 E. Ferber Saratoga Trunk (new ed.) iii. 59 Puffic evening for ride out to the lake.

1967 ‘A. Gilbert’ Visitor viii. 139 They'll ask..why you should take a chance like that for a puffick stranger.

1972 C. Drummond Death at Bar ii. 61 She mimicked in Cockney, ‘A puffick gentlemen I'm sure, dear.’

Derivatives

ˈpuffickly adv. = perfectly adv.

ΘΚΠ

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

fullfremedlyOE

to envyc1369

to a wish1390

perfectlyc1395

consummately1529

sincerely1583

to the (also a) nail?1611

like a tansy1619

magisterially1625

(up) to the nines (rarely nine)?1719

puffickly1858

quintessentially1866

to the (also a) queen's taste1880

A-OK1961

1858 Southern Literary Messenger 26 252/2 Wun nite I woke up puffickly wild frum a dreem and the noise goin on abuv me.

1907 E. Nesbit Enchanted Castle iv. 105 You aint allowed to arrest a chap on suspicion, even if you know puffickly well who done the job.

1972 Lima (Ohio) News 20 Jan. 30/2 (cartoon caption) He was puffickly normal until Ah tole him mah name!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	puffick
释义	puffickadj. Brit. /ˈpʌfɪk/, U.S. /ˈpəfɪk/ Forms: 1800s– puffic, 1800s– puffick. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: perfect adj. Etymology: Representing a colloquial or regional pronunciation of perfect adj. Compare earlier perfick adj. colloquial. = perfect adj. (in various senses). Cf. perfick adj. 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 1858 Southern Literary Messenger 26 383/2 Thar's a Sennytur here in Washintin which has bilt him a puffick pallis with wun trip of mile money. a1897 T. E. Brown in Coll. Poems (1900) 304 ‘Oh!’ he'd say, ‘the rapthurs! The puffick joy!’ 1942 E. Ferber Saratoga Trunk (new ed.) iii. 59 Puffic evening for ride out to the lake. 1967 ‘A. Gilbert’ Visitor viii. 139 They'll ask..why you should take a chance like that for a puffick stranger. 1972 C. Drummond Death at Bar ii. 61 She mimicked in Cockney, ‘A puffick gentlemen I'm sure, dear.’ Derivatives ˈpuffickly adv. = perfectly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adverb] fullfremedlyOE to envyc1369 to a wish1390 perfectlyc1395 consummately1529 sincerely1583 to the (also a) nail?1611 like a tansy1619 magisterially1625 (up) to the nines (rarely nine)?1719 puffickly1858 quintessentially1866 to the (also a) queen's taste1880 A-OK1961 1858 Southern Literary Messenger 26 252/2 Wun nite I woke up puffickly wild frum a dreem and the noise goin on abuv me. 1907 E. Nesbit Enchanted Castle iv. 105 You aint allowed to arrest a chap on suspicion, even if you know puffickly well who done the job. 1972 Lima (Ohio) News 20 Jan. 30/2 (cartoon caption) He was puffickly normal until Ah tole him mah name! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1858
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