nonsensify
verbEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentjō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin sēnsusbor. Proto-Germanic *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor. Vulgar Latin *sennus Old French sensbor. Middle English sense English sense English nonsense Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-fakāō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English nonsensify From nonsense + -ify.
- derived from -ifierbor
- derived from *-fakāō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder✻
- derived from *sennus Old French sensbor✻
- derived from *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor✻
Definitions
To treat as, transform into, or create nonsense, whether intentionally or unintentionally.
- Turnbull again obscures and nonsensifies by misprinting "works" for "words."
- The artist, generalizing from the facts of experience, combines concrete symbols absurdly so as to nonsensify pragmatic reality.
- But Swift will have none of this. He nonsensifies Collins.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for nonsensify. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA