hapax

Noun

1. Ellipsis of hapax legomenon.
   • Never build a doctrine on or draw a teaching from an unclear or debated hapax. - 1993, Gilbert G. Bilezikian, Christianity 101: Your Guide to Eight Basic Christian Beliefs, →ISBN, page 19:
   • He includes tables which give the number and frequency of hapaxes in each Book, ... - 1993, Mark W. Edwards, The Iliad: A Commentary, Volume V: Books 17-20, →ISBN, page 53:
   • Most of the hapaxes featuring -ify and -ize are phonologically and semantically transparent, which indicates their status as productive formations. - 1999, Ingo Plago, Morphological Productivity: Structural Constraints...