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单词 tricolate
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tricolatev.

Brit. /ˈtrɪkəleɪt/, U.S. /ˈtrɪkəˌleɪt/
Forms: 1800s– tricolate, 1800s– triculate, 1900s trickielate.
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: trick v., -ate suffix3.
Etymology: Apparently humorously < trick v. (compare trick v. II.) + -ate suffix3, after e.g. matriculate v., calculate v.1, etc. With the formation compare titivate v.
English regional (eastern).
transitive. To adorn or decorate; to tidy or fix. Also with up.
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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).
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