creolized

American

[kree-uh-lahyzd] / ˈkri əˌlaɪzd /

adjective

(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 British

/ ˈkriːəˌlaɪzd /

adjective

(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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Etymology

Origin of creolized

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

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It’s all of those creolized and miscegenated bits that are making you what you are.

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