Mislexicalize
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From mis- + lexicalize.
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