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A hapax legomenon, one of my favorite literary terms.

• I_complete_me 5y ago
  A word or form that occurs only once in the recorded corpus of a given language.
  • Narretz 5y ago
    * A word that occurs only once in a given corpus. For example, if you list all the words in a book, it can have many hapax. That usually says something about the diversity of words an author uses. A hapax that is unique to all records of a language is quite rare.
    • stevula 5y ago
      > A hapax that is unique to all records of a language is quite rare. Depends on how well attested the language is. In Koine Greek I would imagine they’re relatively rare, but in Etruscan or Epic Greek much more common.
• russellbeattie 5y ago
  Much better than "Googlewhack" for sure.