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Englified

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English

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Etymology

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From Englify +‎ -ed.[1]

Adjective

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Englified (comparative more Englified, superlative most Englified)

  1. Made English; converted to the norms or habits of England.
    • 1827, John Gamble, Charlton: Or, Scenes in Ireland, volume 2, page 99:
      [] he's a rare hand at an oration too; none of your Englified chaps that mince their words and speak fine; but plain and out-spoken as I am, when I call the men in to their breakfast or dinner.

Verb

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Englified

  1. simple past and past participle of Englify

References

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  1. ^ Englified, adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.