Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

anticize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: an-ti-cize
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To perform antics.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"Could the orb sweep those puny particles It just half-lights at distance, hardly leads I' the leash — sweep out each speck of them from space They anticize in with their days and nights […]"
"Most musicians are convinced that this kind of information is designed for doctors and dentists, whom they regard as hopelessly addicted to stereophonic anticizing, right down to locomotive and automobile noises."

Etymology

From antic + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: antic

Usage

Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

anticizes (present, singular) anticizing (participle, present) anticized (participle, past) anticized (past)

Questions

What does anticize mean?: To perform antics.
Where does anticize come from?: From antic + -ize.

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