ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Nonce

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /nɒns/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Nonce is a noun meaning (lexicography) A nonce word.

Meaning

(lexicography) A nonce word.

(cryptography) A value constructed so as to be unique to a particular message in a stream, in order to prevent replay attacks.
One-off; produced or created for a single occasion or use. Denoting something occurring once.
(British, Ireland, derogatory) A sex offender, especially one who is guilty of sexual offences against children.
(by extension) A pedophile.
(British, Ireland, prison slang, derogatory) A police informer, one who betrays a criminal enterprise
(British, Ireland, slang, derogatory) A stupid or worthless person.
(archaic, now only in for the nonce) The one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose.

That will do for the nonce, but we'll need a better answer for the long term.

[...] Dunce, / Dotard, a-dozing at the very nonce, / After a life spent training for the sight!

I had thought that the term was a nonce, but it seems as if it's been picked up by other authors.

Both CCM and GCM require a unique nonce (N used once) value to maintain their privacy and authenticity goals.

Related dictionary entries include occasion, instance, cause, obvention, case, fest.

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