lemonize

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verb

To add or apply lemon to.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

verblemonize (third-person singular simple present lemonizes, present participle lemonizing, simple past and past participle lemonized)

present singular third person lemonizes · participle present lemonizing · participle past lemonized · past lemonized · alternative lemonise

  1. transitiveTo add or apply lemon to.

    Small bits of ice, slightly salted or lemonized, will stop dizziness, headaches and indigestion.

    1918 January 28, Mazdaznan, volume 17, page 228
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    You can lemonise your lights, And grapefruitise your telly, You can run your hi-fi set on orange mousse.

    1980, The Electrical Review, volume 206, numbers 1-9

    Wear gloves at all times if possible, and after each washing rinse with lemonized water, and apply Lemon Lotion.

    1992, Benjamin Darling, Helpful Hints for Housewives: A Treasury of Tips for the Model Homemaker, page 45

    Since Italian dishes can be on the oily side, learn to "lemonize" by ordering several lemon wedges that can help emulsify excess oil.

    1999, Ann Louise Gittleman, Super Nutrition for Men: Using Nutrition to Protect, Heal and Supercharge Your Body

    Don't forget to "lemonize" when you add your flaxseed oil. Delicious. I encourage you to “lemonize” your salad by simply squeezing a lemon (or lime) over it instead of a restaurant dressing if you haven't brought your own.

    2002, Ann Louise Gittleman, The Complete Fat Flush Program, page 58

    Not improbably in Oman itself the citron had been already considerably "lemonized," the latter fruit being more useful.

    2009, Emanuel Bonavia, The Cultivated Oranges and Lemons, Etc. of India and Ceylon

Origin

  1. Middle Englishlymon
  2. Englishlemon
  3. Englishlemonize

From lemon + -ize.

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