macarize

English

Alternative forms

• macarise

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μακαρίζω (makarízō).

Verb

macarize (third-person singular simple present macarizes, present participle macarizing, simple past and past participle macarized)

1. (transitive, formal, dated) To congratulate or laud; to pronounce blessed or happy.
   • 2013, Bernd Prien, David P. Schweikard, Robert Brandom: Analytic Pragmatist, page 192:

     Couldn't I now say that “happy” is not used to describe things, but when I call someone happy I'm really doing this other thing, pragmatically I'm macarizing him?

Related terms

• macarism