hapax

plural hapaxes

1. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of hapax legomenon.

   Never build a doctrine on or draw a teaching from an unclear or debated hapax.

   1993, Gilbert G. Bilezikian, Christianity 101: Your Guide to Eight Basic Christian Beliefs, →ISBN, page 19

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   He includes tables which give the number and frequency of hapaxes in each Book, ...

   1993, Mark W. Edwards, The Iliad: A Commentary, Volume V: Books 17-20, →ISBN, page 53

   Most of the hapaxes featuring -ify and -ize are phonologically and semantically transparent, which indicates their status as productive formations.

   1999, Ingo Plago, Morphological Productivity: Structural Constraints in English Derivation, →ISBN, page 111

   There are 19000-odd words in his gospel, and 971 of these are hapaxes: there are 18000-odd words in Acts, and 943 are hapaxes.

   1999, David E. Orton, The Synoptic Problem and Q: Selected Studies from Novum Testamentum, →ISBN, page 194