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Nonce Word
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Nonce Word
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a word coined for a single occasion
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Nonce Word
see synonyms of nonce word a word coined and used for a single or particular occasion, or time being
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Nonce Word
see synonyms of nonce wordn.
A word occurring, invented, or used just for a particular occasion; for example, the word mileconsuming in "the wagon beginning to fall into its slow and mileconsuming clatter" (William Faulkner).
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