obelizeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Hellenic Ancient Greek ὀβελίζειν (obelízein), from ὀβελός (obelós, “obelus”).

動詞

obelize (三人称単数 現在形 obelizes, 現在分詞 obelizing, 過去形および過去分詞形 obelized)

1. To mark (a written または printed passage) with an obelus; to judge as spurious or doubtful. [from 17th c.]
   • 2015, James Davidson, ‘Laugh as long as you can’, London Review of Books, vol. 37 no. 14:

     All modern classicists like to display due caution before coming to a conclusion and will reluctantly obelise any words in a manuscript that resist obvious emendation before deciding that on balance one version is better than another.

参照

• “Obelize, v.” listed on page 12 of volume VII (O–P), § i (O) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1909]
• “obelize, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]
• “obelize, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [3rd ed., March 2004]