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LIONIZE
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
lionize (third-person singular simple present lionizes, present participle lionizing, simple past and past participle lionized)
(transitive) To treat (a person) as if they were important, or a celebrity.
(transitive) To visit famous places in order to revere them.
(intransitive) To behave as a lion.
Source: Wiktionary
Li"on*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lionized, p. pr. & vb. n. Lionizing (.]
1. To treat or regard as a lion or object of great interest. J. D. Forbes.
2. To show the lions or objects of interest to; to conduct about among objects of interest. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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