单词 | tosticate |
释义 | tosticatev. Usually in past participle tosticated, apparently originally a mispronunciation of intoxicated and so used, but later also associated with tossed, tost, and used as = tossed about, distracted, perplexed. Common dialectally; cited in Eng. Dial. Dict. for many counties from West Yorkshire to Somerset. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [adjective] yblenta1225 amazed?c1225 wory?c1225 mingedc1275 willc1300 distracta1340 confounded1362 confuse1362 distraitc1374 whapedc1374 wilsomea1375 poseletc1390 distraught1393 perplexa1425 wildc1440 wiltc1440 dodemusydc1450 mistedc1450 unclearc1475 mazed1493 perplexeda1500 traversablea1500 mazyc1525 entangled1561 muddy?1571 distraughted1572 moidered1587 wondering1592 puzzled1598 plundered1601 distracted1604 uncollected1613 wildered1642 turbid1647 tosticated1650 fuddled1656 pixie-led1659 puzzling1692 bumbazed1720 maffled1820 obfuscated1822 confused1825 muddly1829 mystified1833 maze1842 obfusticatedc1844 head-scratching1849 clueless1862 flustery1862 befogged1868 deurmekaar1871 mosy1887 skewgee1890 buggered-up1893 confusticated1898 smock-ravelled1904 messed-up1913 screwed-up1943 hung up1945 lost1967 gravelled- the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (transitive)] > make drunk fordrenchc1000 indrunkena1300 mazec1390 distemper1491 whittle1530 swill1548 inebriate1555 disguise1560 intoxicatea1566 tipple1566 overtake1577 betipple1581 seethe1599 fuddlec1600 fox1611 wound1613 cupa1616 fuzzle1621 to gild overa1625 sousea1625 tip1637 tosticate1650 drunkify1664 muddle1668 tipsy1673 sop1682 fuzz1685 confound1705 mellowa1761 prime1788 lush1821 soak1826 touch1833 rosin1877 befuddle1887 slew1888 lush1927 wipe1972 1650 J. Reynolds Flower of Fidelitie 3 His tosticated conceits fixt upon renowned travel. 1650 J. Reynolds Flower of Fidelitie 42 Being tosticated with the beauty. 1691 A. D'Anvers Academia 8 Madam's most sadly tosticated, Knowing her Boy but empty-pated, Lest the soft Squire might starv'd be, When e're he's sent to th' 'Versity. 1712 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 17 June (1948) II. 538 I have been so tosticated about since my last. 1811 A. de Beauclerc Ora & Juliet I. 32 Get thee to bed..and sleep off that odious strong liquor that has tosticated thy senses. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Tossicated, tossed, perplexed. Also, drunk. 1881 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Suppl. Tossicated, harassed; worried,—‘upset’, as by vexation or trouble. Derivatives tostiˈcation n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [noun] > difficulty or perplexity > a difficult or perplexing problem perplexity1589 perplex1652 tostication1748 aporia1893 headache1909 head-scratcher1938 migraine1942 ass-kicker1973 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. xi. 105 I want these tostications (Thou seest how women, and womens words, fill my mind) to be over. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < v.1650 |
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