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De - Pt| English Dictionary: nonce | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Nonce \Nonce\ (n[ocr]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 [edh]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}, [bd]a word apparently employed only for the nonce[b8]. --Murray (New English Dict.). | |
