Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

martinize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mar-tinize
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To clean using the Martinizing dry-cleaning process

verb

To produce a coarse-grain structure of a protein topology

Example Sentences

"“Hey, K-K-K-K. First day back's gonna be a busy one. First, I need you to go to the dry cleaners for me and find out how Martinizing works. I've always been curious. Then I need you to be back by noon to make the bathroom smell like sandalwood before I wreck it. You got that, K-PAX-O-Gum?” “I'm not Kenneth, sir. My name's Brian. Kenneth got fired at the end of last season.” “Of course. I knew that.”"

Etymology

Etymology tree English Martin 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 Martinize From Martin + -ize.

Inflected Forms

Martinizes (present, singular) Martinizing (participle, present) Martinized (participle, past) Martinized (past)

Questions

What does martinize mean?: To clean using the Martinizing dry-cleaning process
Where does martinize come from?: Etymology tree English Martin 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 Martinize From Martin + -ize.

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