spiflication

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.3 References

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[edit] Etymology

See spiflicate

[edit] Noun

spiflication (uncountable)

1. the act of spiflicating, or the state of being spiflicated, annihilation
   • 1855: Whose blood he vowed to drink — the Oriental form of threatening spiflication - Richard Francis Burton, Pilgrimmage to El-Medinah and Mecca
   • 1859: ... you had better not mention — to quote Johnson — of Benson's spiflication - George Meredith, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Chapter XXI

[edit] References

• The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1914
• Eric Partridge, A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 8th edition, 1984