nonce word
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From for the nonce and word. Coined by James Murray, the influential first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Noun[edit]
nonce word (plural nonce words)
- (lexicography) A word invented for the occasion.
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Translations[edit]
word invented for the occasion
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See also[edit]
- hapax legomenon (one attestation), dis legomenon (two attestations), tris legomenon (three attestations)
- Category:English nonce terms
- Category:Nonce terms by language