obelized
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ŏʹbĭlīzd, ŏʹb.līzd; IPA(key): /ˈɒbɪlaɪzd/, /ˈɒbəlaɪzd/
- (General American) enPR: ŏʹbəlīzd', IPA(key): /ˈɑbəlaɪzd/
Verb[edit]
obelized
- simple past and past participle of obelize
Adjective[edit]
obelized (not comparable)
- (of a word or passage of text) Marked with an obelus or obelisk; condemned as spurious or corrupt.
- ante 1971, Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (1973, University of California Press, →ISBN; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part VI: “Conclusions”, § 1: ‘The Ancient Evidence’, page 51
- While R and S each seem to constitute a long syllable, both lines in which they occur are to some extent corrupt, especially the R line, both being obelized in Keli’s standard edition of Velius Longus.
- ante 1971, Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (1973, University of California Press, →ISBN; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part VI: “Conclusions”, § 1: ‘The Ancient Evidence’, page 51
Alternative forms[edit]
References[edit]
- “obelized, adj.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [3rd ed., March 2004]