goblinize

English

Etymology

From goblin +‎ -ize.

Verb

goblinize (third-person singular simple present goblinizes, present participle goblinizing, simple past and past participle goblinized)

1. (transitive) To transform (someone) into a goblin.
   • 1870, James Russell Lowell, “Witchcraft”, in Among My Books, Boston, Mass.: Fields, Osgood, & Co., →OCLC, page 118:

     Once goblinized, Herodias joins them, doomed still to bear about the [John the] Baptist's head; […]

References

• “goblinize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• obelizing