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nonce word
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nonce word
n.
A word occurring, invented, or used just for a particular occasion; for example, the word mileconsuming in "the wagon beginning to fall into its slow and mileconsuming clatter" (William Faulkner).
nonce word
n
(Linguistics) a word coined for a single occasion
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Noun1.nonce word - a word with a special meaning used for a special occasion
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word - a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"
Translations
nonce word
n → Ad-hoc-Bildung f
nonce word [ˈnɒnsˌwɜːd] n → parola coniata per l'occasione
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