Definition of Nonce word

1. Noun. A word with a special meaning used for a special occasion.

Exact synonyms: Hapax Legomenon
Generic synonyms: Word

Definition of Nonce word

1. Noun. (lexicography) A word invented for the occasion. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonce Word

noncatchment
noncategorical
noncategorizable
noncategorized
noncatenative
noncationic
noncats
noncattle
noncausal
noncausally
noncausative
noncausatively
noncaustic
noncavitary
nonce word
nonce words
noncelebration
noncelebrations
noncelebratory
noncelebrities
noncelebrity
noncelestial
noncellular
noncellulose
noncellulosic
noncement
noncensored
noncensoring

Literary usage of Nonce word

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The King's English by Henry Watson Fowler, Francis George Fowler (1906)
"The adjective is a nonce-sense, summerly elsewhere meaning ' such as one expects in summer'; the noun is a nonce-word. In Christian art we may clearly trace ..."

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