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单词 nonce word
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Definition of nonce word in English:

nonce word

noun
  • A word coined for one single occasion only.

    English bristles with nonce words
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The word 'truth' is morphed into the nonce-word 'tlooth' in the title of Mathews's second novel.
    • One researcher thinks that didgeridoo may be an Irish coinage, a nonce word like boogaloo or dingaling.
    • Nonce-words in ing are formed freely on words or phrases of many kinds, e.g. oh-ing, hear-hearing, hoo-hooing, pshawing, yo-hoing.
    • Here's a list of nonce words in my colourful vocabulary that have not yet found their way into any dictionary.
    • Another sort of punning found in newspapers is the allusive re-using of nonce words from slogans.
    Synonyms
    new word, new expression, new term, new phrase, coinage, newly coined word, made-up word, invented word, invention

Origin

Late 19th century: from nonce1 + word.

Definition of nonce word in US English:

nonce word

noun
  • A word coined for one single occasion only.

    English bristles with nonce words
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Here's a list of nonce words in my colourful vocabulary that have not yet found their way into any dictionary.
    • One researcher thinks that didgeridoo may be an Irish coinage, a nonce word like boogaloo or dingaling.
    • Nonce-words in ing are formed freely on words or phrases of many kinds, e.g. oh-ing, hear-hearing, hoo-hooing, pshawing, yo-hoing.
    • The word 'truth' is morphed into the nonce-word 'tlooth' in the title of Mathews's second novel.
    • Another sort of punning found in newspapers is the allusive re-using of nonce words from slogans.
    Synonyms
    new word, new expression, new term, new phrase, coinage, newly coined word, made-up word, invented word, invention

Origin

Late 19th century: from nonce + word.

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