2301: galvanize Apr 4, 2021

When people talk about galvanizing, it is either in terms of inspiring action, or with covering one metal in a thin layer of another. Really though, the word originated from a name, Luigi Galvani. This French scientist experimented with electricity and is known for his experiment in which he caused frog-legs to twitch. This then got applied to the sense of energizing the spirit of a person.