parchmentize

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verb

To convert to a parchment-like substance, especially by sulfuric acid.

OriginEnglish parchment ← Middle English parchemyn ← Old French parchemin →
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Meanings

verbparchmentize (third-person singular simple present parchmentizes, present participle parchmentizing, simple past and past participle parchmentized)

present singular third person parchmentizes · participle present parchmentizing · participle past parchmentized · past parchmentized

  1. transitiveTo convert to a parchment-like substance, especially by sulfuric acid.

    I have often wondered whether Mr. Edison has ever tried to parchmentize the bamboo filament. It is already denser than cotton thread, as well as stronger, and yet nearly as flexible. There seems no reason why it cannot be thus changed in its physical nature by means of strong sulphuric acid.

    1885, Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers

Origin

  1. Ancient GreekΠέργαμον (Pérgamon)
  2. Ancient GreekΠεργαμηνὴ (διφθέρα) (Pergamēnḕ (diphthéra))
  3. Vulgar Latin*pergamīnus
  4. Old Frenchparchemin
  5. Middle Englishparchemyn
  6. Englishparchment
  7. Englishparchmentize

From parchment + -ize.

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Chicago

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