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  5. Hapax: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. hapax: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Hapax)

▸ noun:  Ellipsis of hapax legomenon. [(linguistics) A word occurring only once in a given corpus.]

Similar:
anarthrous, tmesis, Scholia, Sententia, genitive, carus, scholion, hyperbaton, Elpis, digamma, more...

Opposite:
polysemous, frequent, common, ubiquitous

Phrases:
hapax legomenon, hapax legomena, more...

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Similar:
anarthrous, tmesis, Scholia, Sententia, genitive, carus, scholion, hyperbaton, Elpis, digamma, more...

Opposite:
polysemous, frequent, common, ubiquitous

Phrases:
hapax legomenon, hapax legomena, more...



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