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mislexicalizing

mislexicalizing is the present participle and gerund of mislexicalize.

Meaning of mislexicalize

Verb

mislexicalize (third-person singular simple present mislexicalizes, present participle mislexicalizing, simple past and past participle mislexicalized)

  1. To lexicalize incorrectly; to assign the wrong meaning to a word or group of words.
    • The question was raised whether or not P had also mislexicalized the name of the nonsense object, and on the following visit to his home, he was asked to look for the laǒshủ from among a group of toys on the floor and bring it over to me.1977, Harold Victor Clumeck, Studies in the Acquisition of Mandarin Phonology, page 44

Questions about mislexicalizing

What is mislexicalizing the present participle and gerund of?
Mislexicalizing is the present participle and gerund of mislexicalize.

Words near mislexicalizing in the dictionary

  1. mislevelling
  2. mislevels
  3. mislexicalize
  4. mislexicalized
  5. mislexicalizes
  6. mislexicalizing
  7. mislie
  8. mislies
  9. misligation
  10. mislight
  11. mislighted

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