attitudinise
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard form of attitudinize.
Example Sentences
- "In every line that he wrote Cicero was attitudinising for posterity, or reflecting on the effect of his conduct upon his interests or his reputation."
- "Radet was a cadaverous, weather-worn, passion-worn individual, badger-grey, and worked up into a grotesquely attitudinised fury of injured self-esteem"
Etymology
From Italian attitudine + -ise, from Latin aptitūdin- + -ise, from oblique stem of Latin aptitūdō, from aptus + -tūdō. By surface analysis, attitude + -ise.
Origin
- Source language: Latin