Synonyms for nonce
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : nons |
| Phonetic Transcription : nÉ’ns |
Définition of nonce
Origin :- abstracted from phrase for þe naness (c.1200) "for a special occasion, for a particular purpose," itself a misdivision (see N for other examples) of for þan anes "for the one," in reference to a particular occasion or purpose, the þan being from Middle English dative definite article þam (see the). The phrase used from early 14c. as an empty filler in metrical composition. As an adjective from 1884.
- As in present : noun existing time
- The "Nonce" said that you caught him up in a line he had misquoted.'
- Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever
Antonyms for nonce
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