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Definition of Nonce word
1. Noun. A word with a special meaning used for a special occasion.
Definition of Nonce word
1. Noun. (lexicography) A word invented for the occasion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonce Word
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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