neologize

[ nee-ol-uh-jahyz ]

verb (used without object)

, ne·ol·o·gized, ne·ol·o·giz·ing.

1. to make or use new words or create new meanings for existing words.
2. to devise or accept new religious doctrines.

neologize

/ nɪˈɒləˌdʒaɪz /

verb

1. intr to invent or use neologisms

Word History and Origins

Origin of neologize¹

First recorded in 1840–50; neolog(y) + -ize

Example Sentences

And give the word neologism to our language, as a root, and it should give us its fellow substantives, neology, neologist, neologization; its adjectives, neologous, neological, neologistical; its verb, neologize; and adverb neologically.

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