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CREOLIZED

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cre⋅o⋅lized

  [kree-uh-lahyzd]
Use CREOLIZED in a Sentence
–adjective
(of a language) formerly a pidgin but now the native language of a group of speakers, with consequent enrichment of the vocabulary by borrowing and creation.
Origin:
1875–80; creolize + -ed 2

cre⋅o⋅lize

  [kree-uh-lahyz] verb, -lized, -liz⋅ing.
–verb (used with object)
1. to render (a language) creolized.
–verb (used without object)
2. to become creolized.
Also, especially British, cre⋅o⋅lise.

Origin:
1810–20; Creole + -ize

Related forms:
cre⋅o⋅li⋅za⋅tion, noun
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