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prettify

verb
/ˈpɹɪtɪfʌɪ/UK

Etymology

From pretty + -fy.

  1. inherited from *prattugaz✻ — “boastful, sly, slick, deceitful, tricky, cunning”
  2. inherited from *prattug✻
  3. inherited from prættiġ — “tricky, crafty, sly, cunning, wily, astute”
  4. inherited from prety
  5. suffixed as prettify — “pretty + fy”

Definitions

  1. To make pretty or prettier, to make more attractive, especially only in a superficial way.

    • Old-fashioned bosses see their role as prettifying the office and forming a pool of potential marriage partners for male employees.

  2. Synonym of pretty-print.

The neighborhood

Derived

prettifier, unprettified

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA