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hansardize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hansardize
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To confront a Member of Parliament with his former opinions as recorded in his speeches in Hansard.

British usage; Dated

Etymology

From Hansard + -ize. The term was popularised and possibly coined by Thomas Henry Huxley. According to Sydney D. Bailey, the term had fallen out of use by the 1950s.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Hansardizes (present, singular) Hansardizing (participle, present) Hansardized (participle, past) Hansardized (past)

Questions

What does hansardize mean?
To confront a Member of Parliament with his former opinions as recorded in his speeches in Hansard.
Where does hansardize come from?
From Hansard + -ize. The term was popularised and possibly coined by Thomas Henry Huxley. According to Sydney D. Bailey, the term had fallen out of use by the 1950s.

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