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chutnification

chutnification noun: the adoption of Indian elements into the English language or culture.

Noun

chutnification (uncountable)

  1. The adoption of Indian elements into the English language or culture.

Origin of chutnification

From chutney + -fication; coined by Salman Rushdie in his novel Midnight's Children (1981).

Questions about chutnification

What does chutnification mean?
Chutnification means the adoption of Indian elements into the English language or culture.
What part of speech is chutnification?
Chutnification is a noun.

Words near chutnification in the dictionary

  1. chutney ferrets
  2. chutney soca
  3. chutney-soca
  4. chutneys
  5. chutnies
  6. chutnification
  7. chutny
  8. chutrum
  9. chutrums
  10. chuts
  11. chutspa

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