Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of making plebeian or common; the act of deteriorating by vulgarizing.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun rare A rendering plebeian; the act of vulgarizing.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Making plebeian; vulgarizing.

Etymologies

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Latin plebs the common people + -ficare (in comparative) to make. See -fy.

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