spiflicate

spiflicate verb: to confound, silence or dumbfound.

Verb

spiflicate (third-person singular simple present spiflicates, present participle spiflicating, simple past and past participle spiflicated)

(obsolete, transitive) To confound, silence or dumbfound.
(dated, transitive) To beat severely.
(obsolete, slang, transitive) To stifle, suffocate, kill.
- So out with your whinger at once, and scrag Jane while I spiflicate Johnny1837, Richard Barham, The Ingoldsby Legends
(obsolete, transitive) To ruin, destroy.
- It completely busts up and spifflicates the medical evidence1932, Dorothy L. Sayers, Have His Carcase

நொறுக்கு

third-person singular present	spiflicates
present participle	spiflicating
past participle	spiflicated
past	spiflicated
alternative form	smifligate
alternative form	spefflicate
alternative form	spifflicate

Apparently made up to resemble a word of Latin origin.

What does spiflicate mean?: Spiflicate means to confound, silence or dumbfound.
What is spiflicate in Tamil?: Spiflicate in Tamil is நொறுக்கு. See Spiflicate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is spiflicate?: Spiflicate is a verb.
What is the past tense of spiflicate?: The past tense of spiflicate is spiflicated.

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