Meanings
present singular third person lobotomizes · participle present lobotomizing · participle past lobotomized · past lobotomized · alternative lobotomise
- transitiveTo perform a lobotomy upon.
- figurativelytransitiveTo remove the vitality or intelligence from.
Eventually, though, the committee found that, in the name of prudent management, they had, essentially, “lobotomized” the firm. Devoid of its personality, and constipated in its decision making, the office muddled its way into mediocrity.
2003, Peter Piven, Bradford Perkins, Architect's Essentials of Starting, Assessing and Transitioning a Design Firm
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*leb-
- Proto-Indo-European*lobós
- Proto-Hellenic*lobós?
- Ancient Greekλοβός (lobós)
- Latinlobus
- Englishlobe
- Proto-Indo-European*temh₁-
- Ancient Greekτέμνω (témnō)
- Englishlobotomy
- Englishlobotomize
Translations
Catalan lobotomitzar
- lobotomitzarTo perform a lobotomy
Dutch lobotomiseren, lobotomeren
- lobotomiserenTo perform a lobotomy
- lobotomerenTo perform a lobotomy
French lobotomiser
- lobotomiserTo perform a lobotomy
German lobotomisieren
- lobotomisierenTo perform a lobotomy
Italian lobotomizzare
- lobotomizzareTo perform a lobotomy
Portuguese lobotomizar
- lobotomizarTo perform a lobotomy
Spanish lobotomizar
- lobotomizarTo perform a lobotomy
Swedish lobotomera
- lobotomeraTo perform a lobotomy
Cite this entry
lobotomize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lobotomize
“lobotomize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lobotomize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lobotomize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lobotomize.
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