LIONISE

lionize, lionise, celebrate

(verb) assign great social importance to; “The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood”; “The tenor was lionized in Vienna”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

lionise (third-person singular simple present lionises, present participle lionising, simple past and past participle lionised)

(British spelling) Alternative spelling of lionize

Anagrams

• elision, isoline

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

31 March 2025

IMPROVISED

(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”


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