🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

일회출현어

Pronunciation / Transliteration: il-hoe-chul-hyeon-eo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Hapax legomenon
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #95000 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"고대 문헌에서 이 단어는 대표적인 일회출현어이다."

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As noun
  1. 1

    A word that occurs only once in a given corpus, such as in the works of a specific author or in a single text.

    "Scholars often debate the exact meaning of a hapax legomenon found in ancient biblical manuscripts."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from ancient Greek hapax meaning 'once' and legomenon meaning 'spoken' or 'said'. It entered scholarly and linguistic discourse to describe a word that occurs only once within a specific context, such as an entire language, an author's complete works, or a single text corpus.

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