Synonyms for jazzed-up

Grammar : Adj

Spell : jaz

Phonetic Transcription : dʒæz

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Définition of jazzed-up

Origin :

• by 1912, American English, first attested in baseball slang; as a type of music, attested from 1913. Probably ultimately from Creole patois jass "strenuous activity," especially "sexual intercourse" but also used of Congo dances, from jasm (1860) "energy, drive," of African origin (cf. Mandingo jasi, Temne yas), also the source of slang jism.
• If the truth were known about the origin of the word 'Jazz' it would never be mentioned in polite society. ["Étude," Sept. 1924]
• All that jazz "et cetera" first recorded 1939.

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