Babelized

adjective ( sometimes lowercase )

reduced to complete confusion or meaninglessness.

Origin:
1590–1600; Babelize + -ed²

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verb (used with object), Ba·bel·ized, Ba·bel·iz·ing. ( sometimes lowercase )

to make a confusion of (customs, languages, usages, etc.); cause to be mixed or unintelligible; confound.

Also, especially British, Ba·bel·ise.

Origin:
1590–1600; Babel + -ize

Related forms

Ba·bel·i·za·tion, noun

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