obelized

obelized

English

Etymology

obelize +‎ -ed

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ŏʹbĭlīzd, ŏʹb.līzd; IPA^(key): /ˈɒbɪlaɪzd/, /ˈɒbəlaɪzd/
• (General American) enPR: ŏʹbəlīzd', IPA^(key): /ˈɑbəlaɪzd/

Verb

obelized

1. simple past tense and past participle of obelize

Adjective

obelized (not comparable)

1. (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.

Alternative forms

• obelised

References

• “obelized, adj.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [3rd ed., March 2004]