Bostonize

English

Etymology

Boston +‎ -ize

Verb

Bostonize (third-person singular simple present Bostonizes, present participle Bostonizing, simple past and past participle Bostonized)

(transitive) To make Bostonian; to adapt to the norms or culture of Boston.
- 1972, Grant Cochran Knight, American literature and culture (page 374)
  His purpose was evidently to Americanize, or at least Bostonize, the realism he had observed in Russian and French literature by attending only to the more commonplace in character and event.
- 1981, Harold Earle Johnson, Hallelujah, amen!
  President Upham delivered a lengthy speech which covered the entire history of the Society along with some Puritanical sniffing. There was regret that, in stating that the Festival was for all America, he should Bostonize the affair so irritatingly.

Related terms

Bostonization

单词	Bostonize
释义	Bostonize English Etymology Boston +‎ -ize Verb Bostonize (third-person singular simple present Bostonizes, present participle Bostonizing, simple past and past participle Bostonized) (transitive) To make Bostonian; to adapt to the norms or culture of Boston. 1972, Grant Cochran Knight, American literature and culture (page 374) His purpose was evidently to Americanize, or at least Bostonize, the realism he had observed in Russian and French literature by attending only to the more commonplace in character and event. 1981, Harold Earle Johnson, Hallelujah, amen! President Upham delivered a lengthy speech which covered the entire history of the Society along with some Puritanical sniffing. There was regret that, in stating that the Festival was for all America, he should Bostonize the affair so irritatingly. Related terms Bostonization
随便看	bàozhàxìng bàozhèng bàozhù bàozhùduìr bàozhú bàozhāng bàozhěn bàozhī bàozhǎng bàozhǎngcháo bàozhǐ bàozi bàozidǎn bàozào bàozú bàozēng bàozǒu bàozǒuzú bào'àn bào'ēn bà phước bàq bàquic bàquica bàquics