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NONCE WORD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A word with a special meaning used for a special occasion
Synonyms:
hapax legomenon; nonce word
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("nonce word" is a kind of...):
word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)
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