This week’s theme
Words from animals

This week’s words
dog days
lionize
chicken hawk
blackbird
spread-eagle

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(LY-uh-nyz)

MEANING:

verb tr.: To view or treat someone as an object of great importance.

ETYMOLOGY:

From the view of the lion as the king of animals. From Anglo-French liun, from Latin leo, from Greek leon. From Earliest documented use: 1825.

USAGE:

“He had studied and lionized people with money, power, celebrity, and status: politicians, CEOs, financial movers and shakers.”
JL Daniels; Mirror Opposites; AuthorHouse; 2014.

See more usage examples of lionize in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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