boswellize

[boz-wuh-lahyz]

bos·well·ize

[boz-wuh-lahyz] verb, bos·well·ized, bos·well·iz·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to write an account of in the detailed manner of Boswell.
verb (used without object)
2.
to write in the detailed manner of Boswell.

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Boswellize is one of our favorite verbs.
So is peculate. Does it mean:
to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.
to bark; yelp.
Also, Bos·well·ize; especially British, bos·well·ise, Bos·well·ise.


Origin:
1830–40; Boswell + -ize

bos·well·ism, Bos·well·ism, noun
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