Editing Nonce word

==English==

===Etymology===
From “for the nonce” and “word”. Coined by [[w:James Murray (lexicographer)|James Murray]], the influential first editor of the ''[[w:Oxford English Dictionary|Oxford English Dictionary]]''.

===Noun===
'''nonce word''' (plural: ''nonce words'')

# A word invented for a particular occasion, especially to create [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/alliteration alliteration] or a [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rhyme rhyme].

===Walkthrough Video===
{{#ev:youtube|P_eVa3-7jHc|400|center|Nonce word walkthrough}}

====Example====
* ''Sometimes I feel quite certain there's a '''jertain''' in my curtain.'' — [[w:Dr. Seuss|Dr. Seuss]]

====Synonyms====
* [[nonce]]
* [[occasionalism]]
* [[contrivance]]
* [[logatome]]
* [[pseudoword]]

====Hypernyms====
* [[protologism]]

===See also===
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/non-word non-word]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hapax_legomenon hapax legomenon] (one attestation)
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dis_legomenon dis legomenon] (two attestations)
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tris_legomenon tris legomenon] (three attestations)

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