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hapax legomenon

noun ha·pax le·go·me·non \ ˌha-ˌpaks-li-ˈgä-mə-ˌnän , ˌhä-ˌpäks- , -nən \

Definition of hapax legomenon

plural hapax legomena play \ˌha-ˌpaks-li-ˈgä-mə-nə, ˌhä-ˌpäks-\
: a word or form occurring only once in a document or corpus

Origin and Etymology of hapax legomenon

Greek, something said only once

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