lexicalized

About 0.08 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb simple past and past participle of lexicalize

   The vocative particle -e has lexicalized in the greeting tule "hey!"; no one these days ever says tul.

2. adjective Expressing a concept with a separate word rather than an inflected or derived form of a semantically related word.

Similar words

lexicalization lexicalize lexical lexicality lexical meaning lexically lexicon linguistic lexicographical lexicons

Often followed by

in as and by forms compounds phrases with tree