English Explanatory Dictionary

penelopize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To create a delay by undoing what has previously been done, sometimes possibly with the intention of redoing it and repeating this cycle.
verb
  1. Alternative form of penelopize.

Word forms

penelopize penelopizes penelopizing penelopized penelopise

Etymology

From Penelope + -ize, from the account in Homer's Odyssey of Penelope, who stalled her many suitors while she wove a shroud which she unraveled nightly to prolong the process.

Synonyms

delay procrastinate stall all Thesaurus:procrastinate
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