nonce-word

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [nons wurd]
- /nɒns wɜrd/
- /nɒns wɜːd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [nons wurd]
- /nɒns wɜrd/

Definition of nonce-word word

noun nonce-word a word coined and used only for a particular occasion. Compare neologism (def 1). 1

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Origin of nonce-word

First appearance:

before 1880

One of the 23% newest English words

First recorded in 1880-85

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Parts of speech for Nonce-word

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Nonce-word

nonce-word popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".