Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tavernize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tav-ernize
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To frequent taverns; to go out drinking in taverns.

Intransitive verb

verb

To turn into a tavern, or adapt to the needs of taverns.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Samuel certainly was no saint, and seems to have been a perfect giant in tavernizing and junketing generally […]"
"In blithely demanding that America tavernize itself, the king ultimately sowed the seeds of his own doom. Taverns would come to serve the resistance more than they served the Crown […]"

Etymology

From tavern + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: tavern

Usage

Inflected Forms

tavernizes (present, singular) tavernizing (participle, present) tavernized (participle, past) tavernized (past)

Questions

What does tavernize mean?: To frequent taverns; to go out drinking in taverns.
Where does tavernize come from?: From tavern + -ize.

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