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Newmanize.

To translate in a manner that makes use of archaisms and which tends to closely follow the original rather than modernize the language in the translation.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. To translate in a manner that makes use of archaisms and which tends to closely follow the original rather than modernize the language in the translation.

    derogatory
Where this word comes from

Coined as Newman + -ize by Matthew Arnold in a lecture at Oxford on November 30, 1861 (published in 1862 as On Translating Homer: Last Words) in which he criticized a translation by Francis William Newman.

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