neotenize
/nɪˈɒtɪnʌɪz/ /nɪˈɒt(ə)nʌɪz/(also neotenise)
verb
[with object] To cause to become neotenic; to breed (a domestic animal) to retain juvenile characteristics in adulthood. Also: to endow (a person or animal) with immature features or attributes; to make juvenile in appearance or behaviour.
Origin
1970s; earliest use found in Desmond Morris (b. 1928). From neoten- + -ize.
- recitable
- recital
- recitalist
- recitant
- recitate
- recitation
- recitationist
- recitation music
- recitation note
- recitative
- recitatively
- recitativo
- recitativo accompagnato
- recitativo secco
- recitativo stromentato
- recitator
- recite
- recitement
- reciter
- reciting note
- recivilization
- recivilize
- reck
- Reckitt's bag blue
- Reckitt's blue