This week’s theme
People who became verbs

This week’s words
adonize
bogart
hooverize
molochize
napoleonize


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Next week’s theme
Miscellaneous words

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PRONUNCIATION:

(nuh-PO-Lee-uh-nyz)

MEANING:

verb tr.:
1. To occupy or govern in a domineering or aggressive manner.
2. To aggrandize oneself.

ETYMOLOGY:

After Napoléon Bonaparte (1769-1821), French general and emperor. Earliest documented use: 1822.

USAGE:

“Who does that Laura Walker think she is, showing up uninvited and Napoleonizing Lord Hugo’s attention like that?”
Katherine Kingsley; Once Upon a Dream; Dell; 1997.

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