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absquatulate

[ ab-skwoch-uh-leyt ]

verb (used without object)

, Slang.
, ab·squat·u·lat·ed, ab·squat·u·lat·ing.
  1. to flee; abscond:

    The old prospector absquatulated with our picks and shovel.



absquatulate

/ æbˈskwɒtjʊˌleɪt /

verb

  1. intr to leave; decamp
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • ab·squatu·later noun
  • ab·squatu·lation noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of absquatulate1

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of absquatulate1

C19: humorous formation as if from Latin
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Example Sentences

The way Jupiter Charity-Sanchez is now staring at the poster on her closet door—flushed cheeks, moist eyes, closed mouth—makes me want to absquatulate into a crevasse somewhere and perish.

It also includes “absquatulate,” ”anathema,” ”epigone,” ”puerile,” ”rumpus,” ”sockdolager,” ”sybaritic,” ”torpid” and “turpitude.”

When I told him, as an old soldier, that three trains might carry three thousand troops he absquatulated.

A part of the preceding delegation from Pennsylvania, finding the Declaration of Rights would be adopted, were seized with crown fits and nothing but absquatulating powders promised any relief to the spasmodic attack.

“He has absquatulated, and taken the specie with him:” absconded is a more classical word.

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