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Martinize en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree English Martin Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English Martinize From Martin + -ize.

Meanings

1. To clean using the Martinizing dry-cleaning process
   • “Hey, K-K-K-K. First day back's gonna be a busy one. First, I need you to go to the dry cleaners for me and find out how Martinizing works. I've always been curious. Then I need you to be back by noon to make the bathroom smell like sandalwood before I wreck it. You got that, K-PAX-O-Gum?” “I'm not Kenneth, sir. My name's Brian. Kenneth got fired at the end of last season.” “Of course. I knew that.” 2010 September 23, Tina Fey, “The Fabian Strategy” (3:26 from the start), in 30 Rock, season 5, episode 1, spoken by Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan):
2. To produce a coarse-grain structure of a protein topology

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