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hapax legomenon

German, noun

hapax legomenon is spelled H-A-P-A-X-L-E-G-O-M-E-N-O-N (14 letters). Hapax legomenon is a German neuter noun meaning “alternative letter-case form of Hapax Legomenon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Hapax Legomenon is a different word: “hapax legomenon (a word occurring only once in a given corpus)”.

What does hapax legomenon mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    neuteralternative letter-case form of Hapax Legomenon

noun

as Hapax Legomenon
  1. 1

    neuterhapax legomenon (a word occurring only once in a given corpus)

  2. 2

    neuterA concept, an idea of a genius.

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of hapax legomenon

  • hapax legomena plural
  • Hapax Legomena plural
  • Hapaxlegomenon alternative
  • Hapax legomenon alternative
  • hapax Legomenon alternative
  • hapax legomenon alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

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