Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gentilizing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gen-tiliz-ing
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Causing one to become, or becoming, a gentile.

noun

gerund of gentilize

noun

gerund of gentilize

Obsolete

verb

present participle and gerund of gentilize

Example Sentences

"This is not my Conjecture, but dravvn from God’s knovvn Denouncement againſt the gentilizing Iſraelites, vvho though they vvere govern’d in a Commonvvealth of God’s ovvn ordaining, he only thir King, they his peculiar People, yet affecting rather to reſemble Heathen, but pretending the Miſgovernment of Samuel’s Sons, no more a reaſon to diſlike thir Commonvvealth, than the Violence of Eli’s Sons vvas imputable to that Prieſthood or Religion, clamour’d for a King."

Etymology

From gentilize + -ing.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: gentilize

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more gentilizing (comparative) most gentilizing (superlative) gentilizings (plural)

Questions

What does gentilizing mean?: Causing one to become, or becoming, a gentile.
Where does gentilizing come from?: From gentilize + -ing.

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