English Explanatory Dictionary

mislexicalize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To lexicalize incorrectly; to assign the wrong meaning to a word or group of words.

Word forms

mislexicalize mislexicalizes mislexicalizing mislexicalized

Etymology

From mis- + lexicalize.

Related words

misparse mistokenize
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