calorize
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "He finds that materials that have been mechanically worked calorize better than cast material."
- "Forged, wrought, drawn, rolled or pressed metals calorize better than cast metals."
- "The foundry at Barberton is also equipped to dip calorize (coating with aluminum) steel plates and castings."
- "She too is calorizing. She will retain her flapper figure--- and starve herself to do it!"
- "Mr. Coffey does not tell us whether he accomplished this admirable stabilization of his avoirdupois by exercising, by calorizing, or by reading James Joyce."
- "He will vitaminize and calorize you into gaining weight."
Etymology
From Latin calor (“heat”) + -ize.
Origin
- Source language: Latin