mislexicalize (English, verb)
expansion: mislexicalize (third-person singular simple present mislexicalizes, present participle mislexicalizing, simple past and past participle mislexicalized)
Senses:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: To lexicalize incorrectly; to assign the wrong meaning to a word or group of words.
Forms:
form: mislexicalizes
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: mislexicalizing
tags: participle
present
form: mislexicalized
tags: participle
past
form: mislexicalized
tags: past