| 单词 | absquatulate |
| 释义 | absquatulate (once / 337695 pages) v Absquatulate is a deeply silly word that means to make off with something or someone. Why say a thief ran away with your money when it's much more fun to say he absquatulated with it? The word absquatulate came out of an odd fad in America in the 1830s for making playful words that sounded vaguely Latin. Bloviate ("speak pompously") and discombobulate ("make confused") are two other pseudo-Latin coinages from that era. Absquatulate takes the word squat and adds the prefix ab- "off, away" and the verb ending -ulate to suggest getting up and leaving quickly. It's hardly ever used nowadays, mostly showing up as an example of an absurd word. WORD FAMILYabsquatulate: absquatulated USAGE EXAMPLESThis year’s list included “absquatulate,” which means to discreetly and abruptly leave a place, such as a gathering or party, without informing the host. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) Absquatulate, then, slick as grease, And break up unity, Or take your president in peace And eat your humble pie. Walsh, William Shepard, Abraham Lincoln and the London Punc...(2011) When I told him, as an old soldier, that three trains might carry three thousand troops he absquatulated. Vachell, Horace Annesley, The Soul of Susan Yellam(2011) v run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along Syn|Hypo|Hyper abscond, bolt, decamp, go off, make off, run off levant run off without paying a debt flee, fly, take flight run away quickly |
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