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Word: Hapax_legomenon
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 17th century: Greek, ‘a thing said once’, from hapax ‘once’ and the passive participle of legein ‘to say’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌhapaks lɪˈɡɒmɪnən
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a term of which only one instance of use is recorded.
Short Definition:term of which only one instance of use is recorded
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