different between stylize vs stylite

English

Alternative forms

• stylise (Commonwealth)

Etymology

style +? -ize. Probably from German stilisieren.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?sta?la?z/

Verb

stylize (third-person singular simple present stylizes, present participle stylizing, simple past and past participle stylized)

1. (transitive) To represent (someone or something) in a particular style.
2. (transitive) To represent (someone or something) abstractly in a conventional manner, commonly fancifully symbolic, to identify a particular item, by omitting most of the detail that is not unique to the item in question.

   Each of the standard therbligs is represented by its own conventional stylized symbol. For example the therblig for "search" consists of two intersecting curves representing an eye, with a third curve in one corner suggesting looking sideways in searching, whereas the therblig for "find" shows a similar two curves, but with a central circle suggesting that the eye is looking directly at a found object.

Anagrams

• zestily

English

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Greek ???????? (stulít?s), from Ancient Greek ?????? (stûlos, “pillar”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?st??l??t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?sta?la?t/

Noun

stylite (plural stylites)

1. (Christianity, historical) A Christian ascetic in ancient times who lived alone on top of a tall pillar.
   • 1997, John Julius Norwich, A Short History of Byzantium, Penguin 1998, p. 53:

     Daniel, the famous stylite of the city, actually descended from his pillar for the first time in fifteen years, terrifying Basiliscus into the withdrawal of his edict.

   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 208:

     Stylites often became major players in Church politics, shouting down their theological pronouncements from their little elevated balconies to the expectant crowds below, or giving personalized advice to those favoured enough to climb the ladder and join them on their platform.

Derived terms

• stylitic
• stylitism

Related terms

• Stylites

Translations

Anagrams

• testily

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /sty??li?.te?/, [s?t?y??li?t?e?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sti?li.te/, [st?i?li?t??]

Noun

st?l?t? m

1. ablative/vocative singular of st?l?t?s