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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hapax legomenon /ˌhapaks lɪˈgɒmɪnɒn/

▶noun (pl. hapax legomena /-mɪnə/) a term of which only one instance of use is recorded.

– origin C17: Gk, ‘a thing said once’, from hapax ‘once’ and the passive part. of legein ‘to say’.

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