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vanitize en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree English vanity 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 vanitize From vanity + -ize.

Meanings

1. (ambitransitive) To embellish for reasons of vanity.
   • "I told her she was a great goose," said Goda, who like a sensible being was snugly tucked up in bed; "it is a great deal too cold to vanitize." 1876, Fontnell S. Chad: A Reminiscence, J. Masters and Co., page 43, […] when I went up to administer to Carrie a small lecture on imprudence, the vain child was still at the glass, trying the effect of a pair of earrings on the background of her hair which hung loose round her shoulders […]
   • I don't defend, offend or vanitize my body or appearance so compliments or insults in that area go over my head and past me. 2006 September 27, <aine_nicneven@hotmail.com>, “Re: ainshe niceneven”, in alt.religion.druid (Usenet):

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