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dis legomenon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A word that occurs only twice in a given corpus.

Word forms

dis legomenon dis legomena

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwís Ancient Greek δῐ́ς (dĭ́s) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-der. Proto-Indo-European *léǵ-e-ti Proto-Hellenic *légō Ancient Greek λεγόμενον (legómenon) Ancient Greek δῐ́ς λεγόμενον (dĭ́s legómenon)bor. English 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).

Related words

hapax legomenon tetrakis legomenon tris legomenon
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