COINAGE

neologism, neology, coinage

(noun) the act of inventing a word or phrase

neologism, neology, coinage

(noun) a newly invented word or phrase

coinage, mintage, specie, metal money

(noun) coins collectively

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

coinage (countable and uncountable, plural coinages)

The process of coining money.

(uncountable) Coins taken collectively; currency.

(uncountable, lexicography) The creation of new words, neologizing.

(countable, lexicography) Something which has been made or invented, especially a coined word; a neologism.

The process of creating something new.

Anagrams

• anegoic

Source: Wiktionary


Coin"age, n. Etym: [From Coin, v. t., cf. Cuinage.]

1. The act or process of converting metal into money. The care of the coinage was committed to the inferior magistrates. Arbuthnot.

2. Coins; the aggregate coin of a time or place.

3. The cost or expense of coining money.

4. The act or process of fabricating or inventing; formation; fabrication; that which is fabricated or forged. "Unnecessary coinage . . . of words." Dryden. This is the very coinage of your brain. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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