matronize (third-person singular simple present matronizes, present participle matronizing, simple past and past participle matronized)
(transitive) To make a matron of; to make matron-like.
(transitive) To act the part of a matron toward; to superintend or chaperone.
(transitive, sometimes, derogatory) To criticize from a feminist perspective.
(transitive, sometimes, derogatory) Of a woman: to patronize or be condescending towards.
Source: Wiktionary
Mat"ron*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Matronized; p. pr. & vb. n. Matronizing.]
1. To make a matron of; to make matronlike. Childbed matronizes the giddiest spirits. Richardson.
2. To act the part of a marton toward; to superintend; to chaperone; as, to matronize an assembly.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 January 2025
(noun) a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; “they run things by the book around here”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
