nonce1

 
Pronunciation: /nɒns/

adjective

  • (of a word or expression) coined for one occasion: a nonce word

Phrases

for the nonce

for the present; temporarily: the room had been converted for the nonce into a nursery

Origin:

Middle English: from then anes 'the one (purpose') (from then, obsolete oblique form of the + ane 'one' + -s3), altered by wrong division; compare with newt and nickname