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The earliest known use of the adjective squiffed is in the 1880s. OED's earliest evidence for squiffed is from before 1890. squiffed is a variant or alteration of another lexical item.
The earliest known use of the noun squiff is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for squiff is from 1594, in a translation by Robert Ashley, translator and book collector. squiff is a borrowing from French. Etymons: French esquif. See etymology.
squil, n. 1721–1970. squilgee, n. 1851–. Browse more nearby entries. squiff, n.² meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary.
Eric Partridge, A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, Fifth Edition (1961), says that the term originated (with the meaning "slightly drunk" circa 1873, and that by 1880 it had expanded to include the meaning "drunk in any degree."
ˈskwift. : intoxicated, drunk. Word History. Etymology. origin unknown. First Known Use. circa 1855, in the meaning defined above. Time Traveler. The first known use of squiffy was circa 1855. See more words from the same year. Dictionary Entries Near squiffy. squid-jigging. squiffy. squiggle. See More Nearby Entries. Cite this Entry. Style.
Historical geography is the branch of geography that studies the ways in which geographic phenomena have changed over time. [1] In its modern form, it is a synthesizing discipline which shares both topical and methodological similarities with history, anthropology, ecology, geology, environmental studies, literary studies, and other fields.
1 wrz 2024 · In the context of a growing divergence of histories of geography from philosophies of geography, Brigstocke suggests that a productive point of convergence could be in developing a fuller historical and philosophical genealogy of the aesthetics and poetics of geographical writing.
