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hap⋅ax le⋅go⋅me⋅non

   [hap-aks li-gom-uh-non, hey-paks]
–noun, plural hap⋅ax le⋅go⋅me⋅na  [hap-aks li-gom-uh-nuh, hey-paks] .
a word or phrase that appears only once in a manuscript, document, or particular area of literature.
Origin:
1880–85; < Gk hápax legómenon (thing) once said
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ha·pax le·go·me·non     (hā'pāks' lĭ-gŏm'ə-nŏn')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. ha·pax le·go·me·na (-nə)
A word or form that occurs only once in the recorded corpus of a given language.

[Greek : hapax, once + legomenon, neuter sing. passive participle of legein, to count, say.]
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hapax legomenon 
(pl. legomena), 1654, "word occurring only once," from Gk., lit. "once said" (cf. haplos "simple, single," used in Eng. in scientific compounds).

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hapax legomenon

noun
a word with a special meaning used for a special occasion [syn: nonce word] 

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