attitudinize

[ at-i-tood-n-ahyz, -tyood- ]

verb (used without object)

, at·ti·tu·di·nized, at·ti·tu·di·niz·ing.

1. to assume attitudes; pose for effect.

attitudinize

/ ˌætɪˈtjuːdɪˌnaɪz /

verb

1. intr to adopt a pose or opinion for effect; strike an attitude

Derived Forms

• ˌattiˈtudiˌnizer, noun

Other Words From

• atti·tudi·nizer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of attitudinize¹

1775–85; attitudin- ( attitudinarian ) + -ize

Example Sentences

He was compelled the while to attitudinize incessantly as a genius.

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A bird seldom sings when watched, and Nature is no coquette, and will not ogle and attitudinize when stared at.

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Then Ma, seizing a sword, began to attitudinize, smearing his face all over with coal-dust.

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Ma then got up and began to attitudinize, singing a plaintive air like the girls with the turbans.

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A jay would alight in the entrance of the hole and flirt and peer and attitudinize, and then flyaway crying "Thief, thief, thief!"

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