vanitize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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""I told her she was a great goose," said Goda, who like a sensible being was snugly tucked up in bed; "it is a great deal too cold to vanitize.""
"I don't defend, offend or vanitize my body or appearance so compliments or insults in that area go over my head and past me."

Etymology tree English vanity 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 vanitize From vanity + -ize.

vanitizes (present, singular) vanitizing (participle, present) vanitized (participle, past) vanitized (past)

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What does vanitize mean?

To embellish for reasons of vanity.

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