Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

moralise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables: moralise
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of moralize.

British usage

Example Sentences

"It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; perhaps to moralise on the oneness or fragility of the planet, or to see humanity for the small and circumscribed thing that it is; […]."

Etymology

From Old French moraliser, equivalent to moral + -ise.

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

moralises (present, singular) moralising (participle, present) moralised (participle, past) moralised (past)

Derived Forms

moralisingly unmoralised unmoralising

Synonyms

moralize sermonize sermonise preachify

Questions

What does moralise mean?: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of moralize.
Where does moralise come from?: From Old French moraliser, equivalent to moral + -ise.

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