Meanings
present singular third person attitudinises · participle present attitudinising · participle past attitudinised · past attitudinised
- BritishEnglishNon OxfordstandardNon-Oxford British English standard form of attitudinize.
In every line that he wrote Cicero was attitudinising for posterity, or reflecting on the effect of his conduct upon his interests or his reputation.
1879, James Anthony Froude, chapter XIV, in Cæsar: A Sketch, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 1941 more example
Radet was a cadaverous, weather-worn, passion-worn individual, badger-grey, and worked up into a grotesquely attitudinised fury of injured self-esteem
1901, Joseph Conrad, Ford M. Hueffer [i.e., Ford Madox Ford], chapter 11, in The Inheritors: An Extravagant Story, London: William Heinemann, →OCLC, page 178
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Latinaptitūdō
- Latinaptitūdin-
- Englishattitudinise
From Italian attitudine + -ise, from Latin aptitūdin- + -ise, from oblique stem of Latin aptitūdō, from aptus + -tūdō. By surface analysis, attitude + -ise.
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