cosmeticises

[koz-met-uh-sahyz]

cos·met·i·cize

[koz-met-uh-sahyz]
verb (used with object), cos·met·i·cized, cos·met·i·ciz·ing.
to improve superficially; cause to seem better or more attractive.
Also, especially British, cos·met·i·cise.


Origin:
1815–25; cosmetic + -ize
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Cosmeticises is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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