latinization

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English

Etymology

From latinize +‎ -ation.

Noun

latinization (countable and uncountable, plural latinizations)

  1. (now nonstandard) Alternative letter-case form of Latinization.
    • 1837, , chapter V, in Jack Brag. , volume II, London: Richard Bentley, , →OCLC, page 220:
      e are indebted for the term “merry-Andrew” to a native of the, at present, dullest little cluster of houses in England—this very identical Pevensey itself. It was there, that Andrew Borde, or, according to his own absurd latinization of his name, Andreas Perforatus, first saw the light.