Word Origins & Usage: Het Up

Het UpĀ 

 

Meaning – Agitated

From the 14th century Het was a shortcut for heated

 

Two instances of the phrase “het up” maybe be found here:

 

“Set it right down here by the fire Susan, so ‘t’ll get het up before you knead it into loaves.” – The Freeborn County Standard 1884 (US)

“I don’t het up easy.” Uttered by American physician S.W. Mitchell (1886)

 

 

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