Hibernicize

[ hahy-bur-nuh-sahyz ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

Hibernicized, Hibernicizing.

to make Irish in character.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Hibernicize¹

1805–15; < Medieval Latin Hibernic ( us ) ( Hibernicism ) + -ize

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Example Sentences

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But Shakspeare unfortunately rhymes on with man, in which case we must either give the one word the Scotch pronunciation of mon, or Hibernicize the other into ahn.

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Hibernicism Hiberno-

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