Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jacobinise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ja-cobinise
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of Jacobinize.

verb

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Jacobinize.

British usage

Example Sentences

"It is said now to be the plan of the jacobins 'to affect great zeal for orthodoxy;' but will the bishop, who is strictly orthodox, say that this is likely to jacobinise the world?"
"He contended that a Reform of Parliament had long been the pretext of those clubs and societies, but never any thing but a pretext, to cover their treasonable and seditious intentions, and they had found it a successful one, when their views were to destroy men or establish systems: and their wish now clearly was to Jacobinise this country, and introduce the fatal systems which had ruined France."

Etymology

From Jacobin + -ise.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: Jacobin
Suffix: -ise

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

jacobinises (present, singular) jacobinising (participle, present) jacobinised (participle, past) jacobinised (past)

Questions

What does jacobinise mean?: Alternative form of Jacobinize.
Where does jacobinise come from?: From Jacobin + -ise.

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