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parchmentized

UK/ˈpɑːtʃməntaɪzd/US/ˈpʰɑɹt͡ʃməntaɪzd/

parchmentized adjective: transformed via parchmentization. Also the simple past and past participle of parchmentize.

Adjective

parchmentized (comparative more parchmentized, superlative most parchmentized)

  1. Transformed via parchmentization.
    • The individual who fools away his money for the diploma is not asked a single question connected with his knowledge of the theory of medicine. And yet this parchmentized, diplomatized personage is to be the individual whom the commissioners are to select as a fit person to be entrusted with the...1835 May 2, “Worthlessness of the College Diploma”, in The Lancet, volume MDCCCXXXV II, number 572, via the Munich Digitization Center
    • In a method of producing embossed effects on parchmentized fabrics, the steps comprising taking a parchmentized front cloth having substantially no shrinkage when treated with chemical agents […]1941 June 10, Hermann Müller, “Production of Embossed Effects on Parchmentized Fabrics”, in Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, volume 527, United States Government Printing Office...

Also used as

parchmentized is also the simple past and past participle of parchmentize.

Forms of parchmentized

comparativemore parchmentized
superlativemost parchmentized

Origin of parchmentized

From parchmentize + -ed.

Words formed from parchmentized

Questions about parchmentized

What does parchmentized mean?
Parchmentized means transformed via parchmentization.
What part of speech is parchmentized?
Parchmentized is an adjective.
How do you pronounce parchmentized?
Parchmentized is pronounced /ˈpɑːtʃməntaɪzd/ (UK).

Words near parchmentized in the dictionary

  1. parchmentised
  2. parchmentises
  3. parchmentising
  4. parchmentization
  5. parchmentize
  6. parchmentized
  7. parchmentizes
  8. parchmentizing
  9. parchmentless
  10. parchmentlike
  11. parchments

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