Definitions

1. noun

A word or phrase that occurs only once in a given text or corpus.

“The scholar studied the hapax legomena in the ancient manuscript to better understand its linguistic structure.”

2. noun

A single occurrence of a word or phrase in a given text or corpus.

“The researcher analyzed the hapax to determine its significance in the overall narrative.”

3. adjective

Describing a word or phrase that occurs only once in a given text or corpus.

“The linguist identified the hapax legomena as a key feature of the ancient language.”