lawsonize
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "A little Lawsonizing might do the department mentioned a power of good in the way of housecleaning."
- "Their spelling would often make Josh Billings envious and their logic is only in process and hasn't yet been “ Lawsonized.” But we don't worry over their crudity while they are learning to strike out."
- "I will add right here that if there was ever any industry in this country that needed Lawsonizing any more than the whaling and latter day merchant marine does, I have not heard of it."
- "Admitting Mr. Bok's right to play to the gallery if he wishes, why can't he play fair? Why can't he Lawsonize things he knows something about ?"
- "He could Lawsonize the theatrical world with some very diverting 'frenzied drama ,' no doubt."
- "[T]he time was when the public feeling against the Standard Oil has been Tarbellized and Lawsonized into almost a fever-heat."
Etymology
From Lawson + -ize. Named after American businessman Thomas W. Lawson, co-founder of the controversial Amalgamated Copper Mining Company and later author of Frenzied Finance, which told the story of the amalgamation in an aggressively one-sided manner.
Word Breakdown
Usage
- American usage
- Archaic
- Derogatory
- Obsolete