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scandalize

/ˈskændəˌlaɪz/SKAN-duh-lyz
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈskændəˌlaɪz/SKAN-duh-lyz

Meaningto cause scandal

Common meaning: to shock by improper behaviour

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Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*skand-‘spring, spring up, climb’source
  2. Greekσκάνδαλον‘a trap’
  3. Latinscandalum
  4. Frenchscandale
  5. Old Frenchescandlesource
  6. Middle Englishscandalsource
  7. Englishscandal‘a disgraceful event causing outrage’
  8. Englishformed in English from scandalscandalize‘to shock by improper behaviour’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from scandal + -ize.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SCANDAL, p.529 · scan

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