macarize
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek μακαρίζω (makarízō).
Verb
[edit]macarize (third-person singular simple present macarizes, present participle macarizing, simple past and past participle macarized)
- (transitive, formal, dated) To congratulate or laud; to pronounce blessed or happy.
- 2013, Bernd Prien, David P. Schweikard, Robert Brandom: Analytic Pragmatist, page 192:
- Couldn't I now say that “happy” is not used to describe things, but when I call someone happy I'm really doing this other thing, pragmatically I'm macarizing him?