absquatulate
[ ab-skwoch-uh-leyt ]
/ æbˈskwɒtʃ əˌleɪt /
verb (used without object), ab·squat·u·lat·ed, ab·squat·u·lat·ing. Slang.
to flee; abscond: The old prospector absquatulated with our picks and shovel.
Nearby words
- absorption edge,
- absorption hygrometer,
- absorption spectrum,
- absorptive,
- absorptivity,
- abstain,
- abstainer,
- abstemious,
- abstention,
- abstentionism
Origin of absquatulate
1820–30; pseudo-Latinism, from ab-, squat, and -ulate, paralleling Latin-derived words with initial abs- (e.g., abscond, abstention) and final -tulate (e.g., congratulate)
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absquatulate
/ (æbˈskwɒtjʊˌleɪt) /
verb
(intr) to leave; decamp
Word Origin for absquatulate
C19: humorous formation as if from Latin
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absquatulate
1837, "Facetious U.S. coinage" [Weekley], perhaps rooted in mock-Latin negation of squat "to settle." Said to have been used by the U.S. Western character "Nimrod Wildfire" in the play "The Kentuckian," as re-written by British author William B. Bernard and staged in London in 1833. Related: Absquatulated; absquatulating.
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