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单词 macarize
释义

macarizev.

Brit. /ˈmakərʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈmækəraɪz/
Forms: 1800s– macarise, 1800s– macarize, 1800s– makarize.
Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek μακαρίζειν.
Etymology: < ancient Greek μακαρίζειν < μάκαρ blessed, fortunate (further etymology unknown) + -ίζειν -ize suffix.
rare.
transitive. To account or call (a person, etc.) happy or blessed.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > make happy [verb (transitive)] > ascribe happiness (to a person)
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a1818 R. Whately Misc. Remains (1865) 9 A man is admired for what he is, macarized for what he has, praised for what he does.
1818 R. Whately Misc. Remains (1864) 25 If a man possess a genius, or a person that is admirable, he is himself admired; but not if he has an admirable horse or house; the sentiment we feel towards him is of a different nature, and we have no English word to express it; so much are we at a loss as to resort to the word ‘envy’. I should like to introduce the word ‘macarise’.
1840 T. Arnold Let. in A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold (1844) II. ix. 227 Therefore I ‘macarize’ you the more, for having both an inherited home, and in a county and part of the county per se delightful.
a1871 G. Grote Fragm. Ethical Subj. (1876) v. 177 No man praises happiness, as he praises justice, but macarises (blesses) it as something more divine and better.
1960 P. T. Geach in M. Brand Nature of Human Action (1970) 118 In a society where the rich were generally macarized, ‘happy’ would come to connote wealth.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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