miscoinage
nɪdʒ
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Miscoinage
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
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| —n | |
| 1. | coins collectively |
| 2. | the act of striking coins |
| 3. | the currency of a country |
| 4. | the act of inventing something, esp a word or phrase |
| 5. | a newly invented word, phrase, usage, etc |
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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.
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