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carnalize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
car-nal-ize
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make physical or materialistic, as opposed to spiritual

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English carnal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English carnalize From carnal + -ize.

Usage

Inflected Forms

carnalizes (present, singular) carnalizing (participle, present) carnalized (participle, past) carnalized (past) carnalise (alternative)

Derived Forms

carnalization

Synonyms

sensualize sensualise carnalise

Questions

What does carnalize mean?
To make physical or materialistic, as opposed to spiritual
Where does carnalize come from?
Etymology tree English carnal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English carnalize From carnal + -ize.

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