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hapax legomenon

noun
ha·​pax le·​go·​me·​non | \ ËŒha-ËŒpaks-li-ˈgä-mÉ™-ËŒnän How to pronounce hapax legomenon (audio) , ËŒhä-ËŒpäks-, -nÉ™n\
plural hapax legomena\ ËŒha-​ËŒpaks-​li-​ˈgä-​mÉ™-​nÉ™ How to pronounce hapax legomena (audio) , ËŒhä-​ËŒpäks-​ \

Definition of hapax legomenon

: a word or form occurring only once in a document or corpus

First Known Use of hapax legomenon

1692, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for hapax legomenon

Greek, something said only once

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