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
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.
• 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
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
