单词 | tricolate |
释义 | tricolatev. English regional (eastern). transitive. To adorn or decorate; to tidy or fix. Also with up. ΘΚΠ 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 a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Triculate, to adorn... It is used by masons, for putting the last hand to what they mean to be smart and shewy. 1854 Trans. Philol. Soc. 38 Tricolate.—Used in gardening; probably a confusion of trig up and decorate. 1903 Longman's Mag. Dec. 135 I'll wash 'em and triculate 'em up a bit. 1991 S. Fry Liar (1992) xi. 317 An umbrella and luggage shop by the taxi-rank where Adrian waited was tricolated in the yellow and black livery of the Deutsche Gramophon Gesellschaft. 2016 @Spinkybird 14 Nov. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Waxwings tricolating the trees in Norwich this morning. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1825 |
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