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nonce

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nonce  (nns)
n.
The present or particular occasion: "Her tendency to discover a touch of sadness had for the nonce disappeared" (Theodore Dreiser).
[From Middle English for the nones, for the occasion, alteration of for then anes : for, for; see for + then : neuter dative sing. of the; see the1 + ones, anes, once; see once.]
nonce1
n
the present time or occasion (now only in the phrase for the nonce)
[from the phrase for the nonce, a mistaken division of for then anes, literally: for the once, from then dative singular of the + anes once]
nonce2
n
Prison slang a rapist or child molester; a sexual offender
[of unknown origin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.nonce - the present occasion; "for the nonce"
time being
nowadays, present - the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech; "that is enough for the present"; "he lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow"
Translations
nonce [nɒns]
A. ADV for the nonce → por el momento
B. N (= sexual offender) → delincuente mf sexual


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For the nonce, however, he proposed to sail about, and sow his wild oats in all four oceans.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
Ere quitting, for the nonce, the Sperm Whale's head, I would have you, as a sensible physiologist, simply --particularly remark its front aspect, in all its compacted collectedness.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
``I fear,'' said the Black Knight, ``I fear greatly, there is no one here that is qualified to take upon him, for the nonce, this same character of father confessor?
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
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