nonce word
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Hypocronicall Ð a nonce word whose meaning is unclear.
From The Noble Spanish Soldier by Thomas Dekker
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 Montague Summers
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