obelize

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Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
20
Letters
7

Definition of obelize

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. To mark (a written or printed passage) with an obelus; to judge as spurious or doubtful.
    “All modern classicists like to display due caution before coming to a conclusion and will reluctantly obelise any words in a manuscript that resist obvious emendation before deciding that on balance one version is better than another.”

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Etymology

From Hellenic Ancient Greek ὀβελίζειν (obelízein), from ὀβελός (obelós, “obelus”).

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