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tragedize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tragedi-ze
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To dramatize in the form of a tragedy.

Etymology

Etymology tree English tragedy 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 tragedize From tragedy + -ize.

Inflected Forms

tragedizes (present, singular) tragedizing (participle, present) tragedized (participle, past) tragedized (past)

Questions

What does tragedize mean?
To dramatize in the form of a tragedy.
Where does tragedize come from?
Etymology tree English tragedy 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 tragedize From tragedy + -ize.

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