Associations to the word «Hapax»

Wiktionary

HAPAX, noun. (informal) Abbreviation of hapax legomenon.
HAPAX LEGOMENA, noun. Plural of hapax legomenon
HAPAX LEGOMENON, noun. A word occurring only once in a given corpus.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats