About The Word Nonce
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Nonce
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What's The Definition Of Nonce?
[n] the present occasion; "for the nonce"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Nonce: time being Related Terms | Find terms related to Nonce: contemporaneity | contemporaneousness | historical present | modernity | newness | now | nowadays | nowness | our times | present | present tense | presentness | the nonce | the now | the Now Generation | the present | the present age | the present day | the present hour | the present juncture | the present time | the time being | the times | these days | this day | this hour | this instant | this moment | this point | this stage | today Nonce In Webster's Dictionary \Nonce\ (n[o^]ns), n. [For the nonce, OE. for the nones, a
corruption of for then ones, where n. in then is a relic of
AS. m in [eth]am, dat. of the article and demonstrative
pronoun, E. the. See {For}, {Once}, and {The}.]
The one or single occasion; the present call or purpose; --
chiefly used in the phrase for the nonce.
The miller was a stout carl for the nones. --Chaucer.
And that he calls for drink, I 'll have prepared him A
chalice for the nonce. --Shak.
{Nonce word}, ``a word apparently employed only for the
nonce''. --Murray (New English Dict.).
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