Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hapax_legomenon

1 sense of hapax legomenon

Sense 1
nonce word, hapax legomenon -- (a word with a special meaning used for a special occasion)
       => word -- (a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning")