nonce word

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According to the N.E.D. the use of finical as a verb is a nonce word only found in this passage. p.

From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III by Summers, Montague

Hypocronicall Ð a nonce word whose meaning is unclear.

From The Noble Spanish Soldier by Dekker, Thomas