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dis legomenon

dis legomenon noun: a word that occurs only twice in a given corpus.

Noun

dis legomenon (plural dis legomena)

  1. A word that occurs only twice in a given corpus.
    • Beyond [violenza's] dis legomenon (two appearances) in Inferno 11, and its hapax legomenon ... in Inferno 12 and 29, the word ... seems to have exhausted its impact[.]2017 January, Ellie Emslie Stevens, “Eschatological Inversions in Isaiah and Dante: From Malicious to Redemptive Violence”, in Annali d'Italianistica

Forms of dis legomenon

pluraldis legomena

Origin of dis legomenon

From Ancient Greek δὶς λεγόμενον (dìs legómenon, “(something) said only twice”), from δίς (dís, “twice, doubly, again”) and λεγόμενον (legómenon), passive participle of λέγω (légō).

Questions about dis legomenon

What does dis legomenon mean?
Dis legomenon means a word that occurs only twice in a given corpus.
What part of speech is dis legomenon?
Dis legomenon is a noun.
What is the plural of dis legomenon?
The plural of dis legomenon is dis legomena.

Words near dis legomenon in the dictionary

  1. diruthenium
  2. dirwan
  3. dirwans
  4. dis
  5. dis legomena
  6. dis legomenon
  7. dis-
  8. dis-ease
  9. disabilities
  10. disability
  11. disability adjusted life year

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