First published 1921; not fully revised
Zolaizeverb
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the verb Zolaize. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
Entry status
OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.
The earliest known use of the verb Zolaize is in the 1880s.
OED's earliest evidence for Zolaize is from 1886, in the Athenaeum.
Nearby entries
- zoisite, n.1805–
- zoism, n.1900–
- zoist, n.1843–
- zoistic, adj.1849–
- zoite, n.1963–
- -zoite, comb. form
- zol, n.1946–
- Zolaesque, adj.1886–
- Zolaism, n.1882–
- Zolaist, n.1886–
- Zolaize, v.1886–
- Zollinger–Ellison syndrome, n.1956–
- Zöllner, n.1890–
- zollverein, n.1843–
- zolotnik, n.1783–
- zombie, n.1788–
- zombie apocalypse, n.1982–
- zombied, adj.1972–
- zombie-esque, adj.1946–
- zombie-like, adj. & adv.1932–
- zombie worm, n.2005–
1886–
(intransitive) to imitate or follow the style of Zola; transitive to make like Zola.
Stressed as ˈZolaize.
1886
The Zolaizing novel of Paul Lindau, ‘Arme Mädchen.’
Athenæum 2 July 13/3
1901
I do not mean that M. Roz has Zolaized Mr. Hardy.
Literature 30 March 234/2
(intransitive) in to Lucian it, to imitate the style of Lucian, to play the scoffer.
(intransitive) to write in the style of Tacitus.
(intransitive) to imitate or follow the style of Zola; transitive to make like Zola.
(intransitive) to imitate or follow the style of Zola; transitive to make like Zola.
Originally published as part of the entry for Zolaism, n.
Zolaism, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.
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