Associations to the word «Lexicalize»

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

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.