paraffinize

[ par-uh-fi-nahyz ]

verb (used with object),par·af·fin·ized, par·af·fin·iz·ing.

Origin of paraffinize

1
First recorded in 1885–90; paraffin + -ize
  • Also especially British, par·af·fin·ise .

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