"nonce word" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: nonce words [plural]
Etymology: From for the nonce and word. Coined by James Murray, the influential first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary. Etymology templates: {{m|en|for the nonce}} for the nonce, {{m|en|word}} word Head templates: {{en-noun}} nonce word (plural nonce words)
  1. (lexicography) A word invented for the occasion. Wikipedia link: James Murray (lexicographer), Oxford English Dictionary, nonce word Categories (topical): Lexicography Synonyms: nonce, occasionalism Hypernyms: protologism Related terms: non-word, hapax legomenon (alt: one attestation), dis legomenon (alt: two attestations), tris legomenon (english: three attestations) Translations (word invented for the occasion): لَفْظُ مُنَاسَبَة (lafẓu munāsaba) [masculine] (Arabic), okazionalizmus [masculine] (Czech), hapax [masculine] (Czech), hapax [masculine] (Dutch), juhusõna (Estonian), okasionaalsõna (Estonian), tilapäismuodoste (Finnish), keksitty sana (Finnish), mot ad hoc [masculine] (French), hapax [masculine] (French), Ad-hoc-Bildung [feminine] (German), Ad-hoc-Wortbildung f Augenblicksbildung [feminine] (German), Gelegenheitsbildung [feminine] (German), okkasionelle Bildung [feminine] (German), Okkasionalismus [masculine] (German), λεξιπλασία (lexiplasía) [feminine] (Greek), alkalmi/egyedi szó/szóalkotás (Hungarian), alkalmilag alkotott szó (Hungarian), occasionalismo [masculine] (Italian), okazionālisms [masculine] (Latvian), engangsord [neuter] (Norwegian), okazjonalizm [masculine] (Polish), palavra ad hoc [feminine] (Portuguese), окказионали́зм (okkazionalízm) [masculine] (Russian), га́пакс (gápaks) [masculine] (Russian), expresión "ad hoc" [feminine] (Spanish), palabro [masculine] (Spanish), hápax [masculine] (Spanish), tillfällig ordbildning [common-gender] (Swedish), tillfällighetsbildning [common-gender] (Swedish), özel sözcük (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-nonce_word-en-noun-kfWNoWjG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, lexicography, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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