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syphed up

syphed up adjective: afflicted with syphilis; syphilitic.

Adjective

syphed up (comparative more syphed up, superlative most syphed up)

  1. (US, slang) Afflicted with syphilis; syphilitic.
    • And then, I always tell myself if I get siffed up, I'll merely knock myself off, put the old gun in my mouth.1960, Ronald Verlin Cassill, Clem Anderson
    • I am the siffed-up redhead being let out of the car on the corner.1968, Charles Bukowski, letter, 20 April, in On Writing, Canongate 2016, p. 103

Forms of syphed up

comparativemore syphed up
superlativemost syphed up
alternative formsiffed-up
alternative formsiffed up
alternative formsyphed-up

Questions about syphed up

What does syphed up mean?
Syphed up means afflicted with syphilis; syphilitic.
What part of speech is syphed up?
Syphed up is an adjective.

Words near syphed up in the dictionary

  1. syon
  2. Syosset
  3. SYP
  4. syph
  5. syphaxin
  6. syphed up
  7. sypher
  8. syphered
  9. syphering
  10. syphers
  11. syphilid

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