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hapax legomenon
ha·pax le·go·me·non [ hà paks lə gómmə nòn, hà paks lə gómmənən ] (plural ha·pax le·go·me·na [ hà paks lə gómmənə ])


noun 
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rare word: a word of which there is only one recorded use
[Mid-17th century. < Greek, "said only once"]
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