Coining

//ˈkɔɪnɪŋ// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A form of alternative medicine from Southeast Asia where a coin is rubbed vigorously on a patient's oiled skin. uncountable
  2. 2
    A created word or phrase. countable

    "Poetry admits of greater latitude than proſe, which with reſpect to coining, or, at leaſt, new-compounding words; yet, even here, this liberty ſhould be uſed with a ſparing hand."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of coin form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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coinagecounterfeitingforgerygua shakerokanmintage

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"Apart from making love and reading Flaubert, nothing is more enjoyable than coining translations on Tatoeba."

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