Associations to the word «Lexicalize»
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Wiktionary
LEXICALIZE, verb. (transitive) To convert to a single lexical unit, as a group of words with meaning beyond their parts.
Dictionary definition
LEXICALIZE, verb. Make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language; "The concept expressed by German `Gemuetlichkeit' is not lexicalized in English".
Wise words
All our words from loose using have lost their edge.