Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To play the creole; imitate or fall in with the manners, customs, habits, etc., of the creoles, especially as regards an easy manner of living.

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  • verb linguistics To cause a pidgin language rapidly expanding in vocabulary and grammatical rules to become ultimately a creole.
  • verb To render an imported object 'localised'; to produce variations which give an object a regional flavour.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb develop into a creole

Etymologies

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creole +‎ -ize

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Examples

  • But once the English language has fallen from the etheral atmosphere of immemorial purity into flattened pidgin expurged from the affects which could possibly mislead the translator, newcomers to English could well "creolize" Euro-English.

    languagehat.com: EUROLISH. 2004

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