mongrelize

[ muhng-gruh-lahyz, mong- ]
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verb (used with object),mon·grel·ized, mon·grel·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).

  1. to make debased or impure: The French they speak is mongrelized.

Origin of mongrelize

1
First recorded in 1620–30; mongrel + -ize
  • Also especially British, mon·grel·ise .

Other words from mongrelize

  • mon·grel·i·za·tion, noun
  • mon·grel·iz·er, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for mongrelize

mongrelize

mongrelise

/ (ˈmʌŋɡrəˌlaɪz) /


verb
  1. (tr) to make mixed or mongrel in breed, race, character, kind, etc

Derived forms of mongrelize

  • mongrelization or mongrelisation, noun
  • mongrelizer or mongreliser, noun

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