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单词 celticize
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Celticizev.

Brit. /ˈkɛltᵻsʌɪz/, /ˈsɛltᵻsʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈkɛltəˌsaɪz/, /ˈsɛltəˌsaɪz/
Forms: 1800s– Celticise, 1800s– Celticize. Also with lower-case initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Celtic adj., -ize suffix.
Etymology: < Celtic adj. + -ize suffix. Compare earlier Scotticize v., Gaelicize v., Hibernicize v., etc. Compare also earlier Celtify v.Compare the differently-formed German keltisieren , in the same sense (1830 as past participle keltisirt , or earlier; now rare: see Celtization n.).
transitive To make Celtic in character or form; to give Celtic qualities or characteristics to (a person or thing); to cause (a person or group) to adopt Celtic culture, practices, etc.
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Celticize1851
1851 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 22 Nov. No person ever thought that England was in a fair way of being Celticized when Irishmen filled the chairs of philosophy, history, and theology.
1875 Anthropologia 1 552 If Lycia was Celticized by way of Galatia, it must have been through Phrygia.
1905 P. Vinogradoff Growth of Manor i. ii. 62 A form slightly celticised by the adjunct of a Gaulish suffix as Polignac.
1982 G. I. Merion-Jones Vernacular Archit. Brittany 23/1 It is probable that these tribes were pre-Celtic peoples later Celticized.
2012 James Joyce Q. 49 284 In the early-twentieth century, a number of Irish writers and republican politicians..did set out to Celticize (if not de-Anglicize) Ireland.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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