mangonize

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin mangōnizō (to adorn wares for sale), from mangō (dealer who adorns his wares to make them look more valuable) (the source of English monger) + -izō (-ize).

Verb

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mangonize (third-person singular simple present mangonizes, present participle mangonizing, simple past and past participle mangonized)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To make (something) appear more attractive or appealing.
    • 1642, Thomas Barton, “Section II”, in ΑΠΟΔΕΙΞΙΣ ΤΟΥ ΑΝΤΙΤΕΙΧΙΣΜΑΤΟΣ. [APODEIXIS TOU ANTITEICHISMATOS.] Or, A Tryall of the Covnter-scarfe, Made 1642. [], London: Printed by Thomas Purslow, for Andrew Crooke, [], published 1643, →OCLC, page 16:
      [Y]our Mercuriall wit hath mangonized a Gigantean fury with an humble hue.
    • 1902, Edward Washburn Hopkins, The Religions of India, page 300:
      What little seems to be authentic history is easily told; nor are, for our present purpose, of much value the legends, which mangonize the life of Buddha. They will be found in every book that treats of the subject, [...]
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