mongrelize

American

[muhng-gruh-lahyz, mong-] / ˈmʌŋ grəˌlaɪz, ˈmɒŋ- /

especially British, mongrelise

verb (used with object)

mongrelized, mongrelizing

to subject (a breed, group, etc.) to crossbreeding, especially with one considered inferior.
to mix the kinds, classes, types, characters, or sources of origin of (people, animals, or things).
to make debased or impure.

The French they speak is mongrelized.

mongrelize British

/ ˈmʌŋɡrəˌlaɪz /

verb

(tr) to make mixed or mongrel in breed, race, character, kind, etc

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Etymology

Origin of mongrelize

First recorded in 1620–30; mongrel + -ize

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