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Definition of nonce word in English: nonce wordnoun 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 wordnoun 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. |