nonce word

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).

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nonce word

Noun

a word coined for a single occasion

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

nonce word - a word with a special meaning used for a special occasion hapax legomenon 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 [nɔns-] n → hápax m

nonce word [ˈnɔns-] n → mot créé pour l'occasion

nonce word [ˈnɔns-] n → Ad-hoc-Bildung f

nonce word [ˈnɔns-] n → parola coniata per l'occasione