pluralize
verb (used with object)
pluralization
-
a word derived from
pluralize.
Example Sentences
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The band — named for the pluralization of Green’s nickname, Goose — didn’t feature Hudson in its original lineup.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2021
While Louis C.K. and other comedians had success with an expansive, confessional style, he stuck to terse observational jokes about vintage horror movies, the nature of memory, and the pluralization of the word “octopus.”
From The New Yorker ● May 1, 2017
It was in the nature of a delicate verbal compliment, implying that the person referred to was worthy of enlargement and pluralization.
From The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
This pluralization of a familiar name was evidence on Bill Tilghman's part of the estimation in which he held our leading farrier, Mr. P. J. Galloway.
From Sundry Accounts by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
