simonize

English

Etymology

From Simoniz, a commercial polish (named after the company founder, George Simons), +‎ -ize.

Verb

simonize (third-person singular simple present simonizes, present participle simonizing, simple past and past participle simonized)

1. (transitive) To polish to a high sheen with a wax-like substance.
   • 1949, Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman:

     Remember those days? The way Biff used to simonize that car? The dealer refused to believe there was eighty thousand miles on it.

   • 1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 73:

     Night after night I had to play rummy with Dr. Lutz, and on Sundays I helped him to watch and simonize his Auburn.