attitudinize
/ˌætəˈtud(ɪ)nˌaɪz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To cause (someone or something) to assume an attitude or pose; to pose, to posture.
American usage; Transitive verb
verb
To give the appearance of, or make a show of, (something) by assuming an affected or exaggerated attitude.
American usage; Transitive verb
verb
To assume an attitude or pose, especially one which is affected, exaggerated, or unnatural; to posture, to posturize; also, to excessively practise adopting attitudes or poses.
American usage; Intransitive verb
Example Sentences
- "In Greenwich, there were many gravelled walks, unshrubbed except for the nurses who dotted them, silent and attitudinized as trees."
- "While she, one hand on his arm, had been attitudinizing her dutiful gratitude, he—as she suddenly realized—had been deciding to rid her of Fordham [her estate manager]. No sentimentalizing, no attitudinizing there!"
- "He had a great averſion to geſticulating in company. He called once to a gentleman vvho offended him in that point, "Don't attitudeniſe.""
- "Charlotte, who has the beſt voice, was brought out to ſing, but was placed a little behind, as her perſon is not quite perfect; Maria, who is the moſt pictureſque figure, was put to attitudinize at the harp, […]"
- "The elegant Sparkins attitudinized with admirable effect until the family had crossed the room."
- "His assistant clerk played well into his hands, and his assistant lady attetudenized with immense effect, playing comic muse, or tragic, as the case admitted."
Etymology
From Italian attitudine + -ize, from Latin aptitūdin- + -ize, from oblique stem of Latin aptitūdō, from aptus + -tūdō. By surface analysis, attitude + -ize.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌætəˈtud(ɪ)nˌaɪz/
- British English: /ˌætɪˈtjuːdɪnaɪz/
Usage
- American usage
- Transitive verb
- Intransitive verb