First Known Use: 1882
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hapax legomenon
noun ha·pax le·go·me·non \ˌha-ˌpaks-li-ˈgä-mə-ˌnän, ˌhä-ˌpäks-, -nən\
plural hapax le·go·me·na \-nə\
Definition of HAPAX LEGOMENON
: a word or form occurring only once in a document or corpus
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Origin of HAPAX LEGOMENON
Greek, something said only once
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