nonce word

Bedeutung (Englisch)

A word invented for the occasion, especially to create alliteration or a rhyme.

Synonyme

Übersetzungen

özel sözcük

hapax

palavra ad hoc

expresión ad hoc

apax

hapax

hapax legomenon

Etymologie (Englisch)

From for the nonce and word. Coined by James Murray, the influential first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.

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