nonce word
nounEtymology
From for the nonce and word. Coined by James Murray, the influential first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.
- derived from Dictionary
Definitions
A word invented for the occasion, especially to create alliteration or a rhyme.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for nonce word. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA