pidginize

[pij-uh-nahyz]

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verb (used with object), pidg·in·ized, pidg·in·iz·ing.

to develop (a language) into a pidgin.

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Also especially British, pidg·in·ise.

Origin of pidginize

First recorded in 1935–40; pidgin + -ize

Related formspidg·in·i·za·tion, noun

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