prettify
verbUK /ˈpɹɪtɪfʌɪ/
Etymology From pretty + -fy.
1
To make pretty or prettier, to make more attractive, especially only in a superficial way.
- Old-fashioned bosses see their role as prettifying the office and forming a pool of potential marriage partners for male employees.2011 November 5, “Land of the wasted talent”, in The Economist:
2
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences Synonym of pretty-print.
- Derived terms
- prettifier, unprettified
- Related terms
- prettification