Usually means: Word created for single use.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word nonce word:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. nonce word: Merriam-Webster
  2. nonce word: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nonce word: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. nonce word: Collins English Dictionary
  5. nonce word: Vocabulary.com
  6. nonce-word, nonce word: Wordnik
  7. nonce word: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. nonce word: Wiktionary
  9. nonce word: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. nonce word: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Nonce word, nonce word: Dictionary.com
  12. Nonce word: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. nonce word: Rhymezone
  14. nonce word: FreeDictionary.org
  15. nonce word: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. nonce-word, nonce word: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. NONCE WORD: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nonce word: Wordcraft Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (nonce word)

noun:  (lexicography) A word invented for the occasion; especially to create alliteration or a rhyme

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