ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Nonceness

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Nonceness is a noun meaning The quality of being a nonce word.

Meaning

The quality of being a nonce word.

Example Sentences

A question that arises with nonce words is do they lose their nonceness now that they appear here. For that matter, will nonceness now appear in the OED because this could be its debut in print?

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