Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sailorize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sailorize
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To do the work of a sailor.

Dated; Intransitive verb

verb

To make (a person) into a sailor; to train in seamanship.

Dated; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"I have worked like a Trojan all day, and the idea is realized. Margaret helped me out with suggestions, and Tom Spink did the sailorizing. Over our head, from the jiggermast, the steel stays that carry the three jigger-trysails descend high above the break of the poop and across the main deck to the mizzenmast."

Etymology

From sailor + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: sailor

Usage

Inflected Forms

sailorizes (present, singular) sailorizing (participle, present) sailorized (participle, past) sailorized (past)

Questions

What does sailorize mean?: To do the work of a sailor.
Where does sailorize come from?: From sailor + -ize.

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