all-fired
[awl-fahyuh rd]Informal.
- tremendous; extreme; excessive: He had the all-fired gall to quit in the middle of the job.
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- Also all-fired·ly [awl-fahyuh rd-lee, -fahy-rid-] /ˈɔlˌfaɪərd li, -ˌfaɪ rɪd-/. extremely; excessively: Don't be so all-fired sure of yourself.
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Origin of all-fired
First recorded in 1825–35; probably euphemism for hell-fired
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Historical Examples
They had received an all-fired good basting, that was sure as sure could be!
The DownfallEmile Zola
But what is there so all-fired good about 'em to make 'em sell like that?'
John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told ThereinFrank R. Stockton
It's none o' my business, but you're too all-fired good a man to drink.
The Wreck of the TitanMorgan Robertson
It's an all-fired outrage to tell any human creature that he's bound to hell.
Moby Dick; or The WhaleHerman Melville
Then after you get used to the rope wabbling so all-fired fast, you can do it like a mice.
Back HomeEugene Wood
all-fired
- (prenominal) excessive; extreme
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- (intensifier)don't be so all-fired sure of yourself!
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Word Origin
altered from hell-fired
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Word Origin and History for all-fired
adj.
1837, U.S. slang euphemism for hell-fired.
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