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lairize

lairize verb: to act in a flashy manner.

Verb

lairize (third-person singular simple present lairizes, present participle lairizing, simple past and past participle lairized)

  1. (obsolete, slang) To act in a flashy manner.

Forms of lairize

third-person singular presentlairizes
present participlelairizing
past participlelairized
pastlairized
alternative formlairise

Origin of lairize

From lair + -ize.

Questions about lairize

What does lairize mean?
Lairize means to act in a flashy manner.
What part of speech is lairize?
Lairize is a verb.
What is the past tense of lairize?
The past tense of lairize is lairized.

Words near lairize in the dictionary

  1. lairised
  2. lairiser
  3. lairisers
  4. lairises
  5. lairising
  6. lairize
  7. lairizing
  8. lairless
  9. lairlike
  10. Lairmore
  11. lairs

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