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noun
1.
the act, process, or right of making coins.
2.
the categories, types, or quantity of coins issued by a nation.
3.
coins collectively; currency.
4.
the act or process of inventing words; neologizing.
5.
EXPANDan invented or newly created word or phrase: “Ecdysiast” is a coinage of H. L. Mencken.
6.
COLLAPSEanything made, invented, or fabricated.
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Coinage
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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Word Origin & History
coinage
late 14c., "action of coining money," from O.Fr. coignaige, from coignier "to coin" (see coin). Meaning "coins collectively" is from 1467; sense "deliberate formation of a new word" is from 1693.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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