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Offspring of the English Verb Babelize (With Remarks on French, Hebrew, and Spanish)

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This article records more than three dozen English verbs which consist of an ethnonym, a toponym, or a similar word and the suffix -ize and have other than a literal meaning. Some related French, Hebrew, and Spanish material is mentioned too.

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Gold, D.L. Offspring of the English Verb Babelize (With Remarks on French, Hebrew, and Spanish). Neophilologus 86, 455–466 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015680313631

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