"Timonize" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: Timonizes [present, singular, third-person], Timonizing [participle, present], Timonized [participle, past], Timonized [past]
Etymology: From Timon + -ize, from the 5th-century BC person Timon of Athens (as described by Plutarch, Lucian, Aristophanes), possibly by way of William Shakespeare's play Timon of Athens (c. 1607). Used intransitively by William Darrell in his book The Gentleman Instructed (1713). Used transitively by Herman Melville in his novel Pierre (1852). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Timon|ize}} Timon + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} Timonize (third-person singular simple present Timonizes, present participle Timonizing, simple past and past participle Timonized)
  1. (intransitive) To behave as a misanthrope. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-Timonize-en-verb-Js-a~gra
  2. (transitive) To cause (someone) to slide into bitter misanthropy, into Timonism. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-Timonize-en-verb-w5u7lxUQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 22 78 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Timonise Derived forms: Timonization, Timonizing Related terms: Timonian, Timonism, Timonist

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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