hapax

noun

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of hapax legomenon.

   “Never build a doctrine on or draw a teaching from an unclear or debated hapax.”

   “He includes tables which give the number and frequency of hapaxes in each Book, ...”

   “Most of the hapaxes featuring -ify and -ize are phonologically and semantically transparent, which indicates their status as productive formations.”

   “There are 19000-odd words in his gospel, and 971 of these are hapaxes: there are 18000-odd words in Acts, and 943 are hapaxes.”