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
Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could
conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly
sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had
this power.