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English
Etymology
From colloquial + -ize.
Pronunciation
Verb
colloquialize (third-person singular simple present colloquializes, present participle colloquializing, simple past and past participle colloquialized)
- (transitive) To render colloquial.
1965, John Whitney Hall, Richard King Beardsley, Twelve doors to Japan:Some felt that a colloquialized style should be expressed in romanization.
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