cosmeticizes

[koz-met-uh-sahyz]

verb (used with object), -cized, -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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Cosmeticizes is always a great word to know.

So is doohickey. Does it mean:

a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

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