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Webster 1913 Edition
Nonce
Nonce
(nŏns)
, Noun.
[For the in
nonce
, OE. for the nones
, a corruption of for then ones
, where Noun.
then
is a relic of AS. m
in ðam
, dat. of the article and demonstrative pronoun, E. the
. See For
, Once
, and The
.] The one or single occasion; the present call or purpose; – chiefly used in the phrase
for the nonce
, i. e. for the present time
. The miller was a stout carl for the
nones
. Chaucer.
And that he calls for drink, I ’ll have prepared him
A chalice for the
A chalice for the
nonce
. Shakespeare
Nonce word
, “a word apparently employed only for the nonce”.
Murray (New English Dict.).
Webster 1828 Edition
Nonce
NONCE
,Noun.