(linguistics, uncountable) The assimilation of borrowed lexis, either partial or whole, to word forms of the borrowing language.
(linguistics, uncountable) The assimilation of borrowed lexis, either partial or whole, to word forms of the borrowing language.
Falaun, s. gradually, by a process of Hobson-Jobson, this was turned into Forlorn.
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(linguistics) A borrowed word, adopted from a foreign language; loanword.
(chiefly, Pakistan, India) The process of adopting or integrating elements of the Urdu language into another language or region.
(slang, humorous, uncommon) Having the characteristics of an immigrant, but having mostly assimilated into the local culture.
(linguistics, countable) A word or phrase borrowed by one language from another and modified in pronunciation to fit the set of sounds the borrowing language typically uses.
If the French for pun, calembour, derives (as Spitzer maintained) from "conundrum"; this points up well the at first puzzling effect of such devices. ''Caran d'Ache'' is in fact an intentional hobson-jobson.
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(Anglo-Indian, slang, obsolete) Any Indian religious observance, especially the Muharram.
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