Scandinavianize

English

Etymology

From Scandinavian +‎ -ize.

Verb

Scandinavianize (third-person singular simple present Scandinavianizes, present participle Scandinavianizing, simple past and past participle Scandinavianized)

1. (transitive) To make (something) Scandinavian in character.
   • 2000 December, Raphael Kadushin, quoting Allan Schultz, “A Copenhagen Christmas”, in Bon Appétit, volume 45, number 12, New York, N.Y.: The Condé Nast Publications Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 222:

     I may explore different influences, but I always Scandinavianize them and use Danish products: goose, prunes, cabbage, apples, pork, mushrooms.

Derived terms

• Scandinavianization

 

References

• “Scandinavianize, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.