hibernicise

Hi·ber·ni·cize

[hahy-bur-nuh-sahyz]
verb (used with object), Hi·ber·ni·cized, Hi·ber·ni·ciz·ing.
to make Irish in character.
Also, especially British, Hi·ber·ni·cise.


Origin:
1805–15; < Medieval Latin Hibernic(us) (see Hibernicism) + -ize

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