Etymology

lemonize

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Today it means: To add or apply lemon to. Full definition →

English lemon ← Middle English lymon
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  1. Middle Englishlymon
  2. Englishlemon
  3. English todaylemonize

From lemon + -ize.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.