Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make colloquial. Worcester. Also
colloquialise .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To make colloquial and familiar.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To render
colloquial .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
colloquial + -ize
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word colloquialize.
Examples
-
None were what the punditry now prefer to colloquialize as "moderate" Democrats.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.