He is such a nonce!
Source: tatoeba (6739879)
Nonce
//nɒns//
Synonyms for "nonce" (74 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (22)
Related words (37)
Noun(17 words)
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8 entriesTranslations
22 translations across 9 languages.
Czech
2 entries- jediná příležitost noun (one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose)
- jednorázová příležitost noun (one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose)
Dutch
1 entries- gelegenheid noun (one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose)
Finnish
4 entries- kerta noun (one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose)
- kertakäyttöluku noun (value constructed so as to be unique to a particular message in a stream)
- nonssi noun (value constructed so as to be unique to a particular message in a stream)
- skinneri noun (sex offender, especially one who is guilty of sexual offences against children)
French
1 entries- pointeur noun (sex offender, especially one who is guilty of sexual offences against children)
German
2 entries- Einmal noun (one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose)
- einmalig noun (one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose)
Hungarian
1 entries- egy alkalom noun (one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose)
Russian
4 entries- да́нный слу́чай noun (one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose)
- извраще́нец noun (sex offender, especially one who is guilty of sexual offences against children)
- ока́зия noun (one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose)
- педофи́л noun (sex offender, especially one who is guilty of sexual offences against children)
Spanish
3 entries- ad hoc noun (one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose)
- nonce noun (value constructed so as to be unique to a particular message in a stream)
- violeta noun (sex offender, especially one who is guilty of sexual offences against children)
Turkish
1 entries- bir kereye mahsus noun (one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
"Chortle" was a nonce word when it was first created, but now it's a regular English word.
Source: tatoeba (11024685)
That will do for the nonce, but we'll need a better answer for the long term.
Source: wiktionary
[...] Dunce, / Dotard, a-dozing at the very nonce, / After a life spent training for the sight!
Source: wiktionary
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