Trip to my Local Library

I made a trip to my local library to check out some hard copy dictionaries. I reviewed many of thise available and was able to find some references to commonize. Not the references I was looking for though.

• American Heritage College Dictionary - 2002 [no reference]


• Webster II - New College Dictionary - 2005 [no reference]


• New Oxford American Dictionary - 2005 [ no reference]

World Book Dictionary, 2007, 2 volume set

Commonize - make common or vulgar

The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd. Edition, 20 volume set, 1989, Claredon Press

Commonize:

1. To combine 'commons', so as to form a joint meal.

Yesterday I commonized with my roommate for breakfast, each man having his 'commons' put into a shared stock.

2. To make common or vulgar

There has been a movement to commonize with more affordable linoneum versus
the more expensive marble.

3. The process by which common or generic nouns are derived from proper names.

The Kleenex name has been commonized for facial tissue.