† Neronizev.
Obsolete.
1. intransitive. To conduct oneself like Nero. rare.
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1606 R. Barret in R. Southey Roderick (1814) Notes p. liii Not Neronizing in all sanguine hours.
2. transitive. To make, or represent as, Neronian in character; to rule over tyrannically.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [verb (transitive)]
forbraidc888
besmiteeOE
awemOE
filec1175
soila1250
envenomc1300
beshrewc1325
shrew1338
corrumpa1340
corrupt1382
subvertc1384
tache1390
poison1395
infect?c1400
intoxicatec1450
deprave1482
corrup1483
rust1493
turkess?1521
vitiate1534
prevary?1541
depravate1548
fester?1548
turkish1560
wry1563
taint1573
disalter1579
prevaricate1595
sophisticate1597
invitiate1598
fashion1600
tack1601
debauch1603
deturpate1623
disaltern1635
ulcer1642
deboise1654
Neronize1673
demoralize1794
bedevil1800
society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > degrade or impair morally [verb (transitive)] > pervert or deprave > specific
Neronize1673
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > slander or calumniate [verb (transitive)] > call by a bad name > specific
beruffianize1596
Neronize1673
society > authority > rule or government > oppression > oppress [verb (transitive)] > tyrannize over
tyrannize1583
Turkize1599
sultanize1804
Napoleonize1822
Neronize1889
1673 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd ii. 179 You muster up all Christian Princes to Neronize and Caligulize them.
1675 J. Smith Christian Relig. Appeal i. 46 Poppæa..had so much Debauchery in her, as to Neronize Nero himself.
1889 Voice (N.Y.) 7 Mar. Grant was a ‘drunken tyrant’, who was about to Neronize the capital.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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