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lionise

lionise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of lionize.

Meaning of lionize

Verb

lionize (third-person singular simple present lionizes, present participle lionizing, simple past and past participle lionized)

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive) To treat (a person) as if they were important, or a celebrity.
    • Flare-riding is one of the most exotic and exhilarating sports in existence, and those who can dare and afford to do it are amongst the most lionized men in the Galaxy.1980 October, Douglas Adams, chapter 18, in The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, London: Pan Books, →ISBN, page 106
  2. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive) To visit (a famous place) in order to revere it.

Forms of lionise

third-person singular presentlionises
present participlelionising
past participlelionised
pastlionised

Origin of lionise

From lion + -ise.

Words formed from lionise

Questions about lionise

What is lionise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Lionise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of lionize.

Words near lionise in the dictionary

  1. lionhood
  2. lionine
  3. lionines
  4. lionisation
  5. lionisations
  6. lionise
  7. lionised
  8. lioniser
  9. lionisers
  10. lionises
  11. lionish

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lionise (page history and authors); lionize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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