Hibernicize
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of Hibernicize
1805–15; < Medieval Latin Hibernic ( us ) ( see Hibernicism) + -ize
Example Sentences
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But Shakspeare unfortunately rhymes on with man, in which case we must either give the one word the Scotch pronunciation of mon, or Hibernicize the other into ahn.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 by Various
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