Editing Nonce word (section)

==English==

===Etymology===
From “for the nonce” and “word”. Coined by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Murray_(lexicographer) James Murray], the influential first editor of the ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary Oxford English Dictionary]''.

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

# A word invented for a particular occasion or purpose.

# 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====
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nonce nonce]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/occasionalism occasionalism]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/contrivance contrivance]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/logatome logatome]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pseudoword pseudoword]

====Hypernyms====
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/protologism 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)

===Other Dictionary Entries for "Nonce word"===
* [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonce%20word Merriam Webster's Entry for "Nonce word"]
* [https://www.britannica.com/art/nonce-word Britannica's Entry for "Nonce word"]
* [https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/nonce-word Cambridge Dictionary's Entry for "Nonce word"]
* [https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/nonce-word Collins Dictionary's Entry for "Nonce word"]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nonce_word Wiktionary's Entry for "Nonce word"]
* [https://www.dictionary.com/browse/nonce-word Dictionary(dot)com's Entry for "Nonce word"]

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