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lexicalise

verb

Make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language

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Word length
10
Starts with
L
Ends with
E
Contains
EX
Scrabble score
19

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verb

  1. 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”

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The concept expressed by German ‘Gemuetlichkeit’ is not lexicalized in English

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