adonize

(ˈædəˌnaɪz) or

adonise

vb (tr)

(of a man) to make more beautiful

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

References in periodicals archive ?

His first of many extended quotations from the letters is the following: "Whenever I find myself growing vapourish, I rouse myself, wash and put on a clean shirt[,] brush my hair and clothes, tie my shoestrings neatly[,] and in fact adonize as I were going out--then all clean and comfortable I sit down to write.

Lionel Trilling and the end of Romanticism

ADONIZE A Increase by chemical division B Adorn oneself C Treat as a teenager who am I?