verb
penelopize
Penelopize (verb) means to keep putting something off by undoing earlier work, possibly meaning to redo it later.
verb
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To keep putting something off by undoing earlier work, possibly meaning to redo it later.
"Yiota would not allow me to begin to discuss Yiannaras's Commentary with her until I had finished reading it. I was tempted to penelopize, to go back to the beginning and start again in order to postpone the moment of discussion."
— Roger Green, Hydra and the Bananas of Leonard Cohen (2003)
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Etymology
Formed from the name Penelope and the suffix -ize, drawing on the story in Homer's Odyssey in which Penelope held off her many suitors by weaving a shroud that she unpicked every night to drag out the task.
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What is the meaning of penelopize?
"penelopize" (verb) means to keep putting something off by undoing earlier work, possibly meaning to redo it later.
What is another word for penelopize?
Other words for "penelopize" include procrastinate, delay, stall.
