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ˈbachelorize, v. rare.
[f. bachelor + -ize.]
1. To take the degree of bachelor (of Arts, etc.). Hence ˈbachelorizing vbl. n.
1742Jarvis Quix. ii. i. vii. (D.), I am a Salamanca bachelor of arts, and there is no bachelorizing beyond that.
2. = bach v. N.Z.
The 1854 example is a nonce U.K. use.
1854Mrs. Gaskell Let. ? 8–14 May (1966) 282 Mr. Gaskell..will form no plans, but bachelorize off comfortably guided by the wind of his own daily will. 1883‘A Lady’ Facts: Experiences in N.Z. ii. 8 Bachelorising, to use a Colonial term, is not a disagreeable life. 1905P. Oliphant Bill the Namer i. 6 We had then been bachelorising, and it was decided to break up the establishment. 1906N.Z. Truth 10 Mar. 5/2 Single men had either to bachelorise in their whares or board with one or another of the married men. 1924H. T. Gibson That Gibbie Galoot v. 16 He promised..to show me a few more points in bachelorising. |