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mongrelise

[muhng-gruh-lahyz, mong-]

mon·grel·ize

[muhng-gruh-lahyz, mong-]
verb (used with object), -ized, -iz·ing.
1.
to subject (a breed, group, etc.) to crossbreeding, especially with one considered inferior.
2.
to mix the kinds, classes, types, characters, or sources of origin of (people, animals, or things).
3.
to make debased or impure: The French they speak is mongrelized.
Also, especially British, mon·grel·ise.


Origin:
1620–30; mongrel + -ize

mon·grel·i·za·tion, noun
mon·grel·iz·er, noun
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Mongrelise is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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mongrelize or mongrelise (ˈmʌŋɡrəˌlaɪz)
 
vb
(tr) to make mixed or mongrel in breed, race, character, kind, etc
 
mongrelise or mongrelise
 
vb
 
mongreli'zation or mongrelise
 
n
 
mongreli'sation or mongrelise
 
n
 
'mongrelizer or mongrelise
 
n
 
'mongreliser or mongrelise
 
n

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