ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Hapax

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Hapax is a noun meaning Ellipsis of hapax legomenon.

Meaning

Ellipsis of hapax legomenon.

Example Sentences

Never build a doctrine on or draw a teaching from an unclear or debated hapax.
He includes tables which give the number and frequency of hapaxes in each Book, .
There are 19000-odd words in his gospel, and 971 of these are hapaxes: there are 18000-odd words in Acts, and 943 are hapaxes.
Most of the hapaxes featuring -ify and -ize are phonologically and semantically transparent, which indicates their status as productive formations.

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Related dictionary entries include anarthrous, tmesis, scholia, genitives, carus, hyperbaton.

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