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creolized

[ kree-uh-lahyzd ]

adjective

  1. (of a language) formerly a pidgin or the base language of a pidgin, but now the native language of a group of speakers, with an enriched vocabulary and grammatical structure.

creolized

/ ˈkriːəˌlaɪzd /

adjective

  1. (of a language) incorporating a considerable range of features from one or more unrelated languages, as the result of contact between language communities
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Word History and Origins

Origin of creolized1

First recorded in 1875–80; creolize + -ed 2

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