"mislexicalize" meaning in English

See mislexicalize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: mislexicalizes [present, singular, third-person], mislexicalizing [participle, present], mislexicalized [participle, past], mislexicalized [past]
Etymology: From mis- + lexicalize. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|lexicalize}} mis- + lexicalize Head templates: {{en-verb}} mislexicalize (third-person singular simple present mislexicalizes, present participle mislexicalizing, simple past and past participle mislexicalized)
  1. (linguistics) To lexicalize incorrectly; to assign the wrong meaning to a word or group of words. Categories (topical): Lexicography, Linguistics Related terms: misparse, mistokenize

Inflected forms

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