Definitions for nonces

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nonces nonce

Spelling: [nons]

IPA: /nɒns/

Nonces is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 74 anagrams from letters in nonces (cennos).

Definitions for nonces

noun

1. the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).

adjective

1. (of a word or phrase) coined and used only for a particular occasion: .

Origin of nonces

1150-1200; Middle English nones, in phrase for the nones, by faulty division of for then ones for the once (Middle English then dative singular of the¹; one