Dictionary

mangonize en · VERB

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mangōnizō (“to adorn wares for sale”), from mangō (“dealer who adorns his wares to make them look more valuable”) (the source of English monger) + -izō (“-ize”).

Meanings

1. (obsolete, transitive) To make (something) appear more attractive or appealing.
   • What little seems to be authentic history is easily told; nor are, for our present purpose, of much value the legends, which mangonize the life of Buddha. They will be found in every book that treats of the subject, [...] 1902, Edward Washburn Hopkins, The Religions of India, page 300:
   • [Y]our Mercuriall wit hath mangonized a Gigantean fury with an humble hue. 1642, Thomas Barton, “Section II”, in ΑΠΟΔΕΙΞΙΣ ΤΟΥ ΑΝΤΙΤΕΙΧΙΣΜΑΤΟΣ. [APODEIXIS TOU ANTITEICHISMATOS.] Or, A Tryall of the Covnter-scarfe, Made 1642. […], London: Printed by Thomas Purslow, for Andrew Crooke, […], published 1643, →OCLC, page 16:

Forms

Deriveds

mangonization

Relateds

mangonism

Synonyms

dress up · invest · adore · decorate · detail · deck out · betrim · garnish · pretty up · adorn · commend · ornament · array · grace · embellish · enrich · deck · bedeck · apparel · mangonize · do up · decore · beautify · dub · prettify