Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The right or process of making coins.
- noun Metal currency.
- noun A system of metal currency.
- noun A new word or phrase.
- noun The invention of new words.
- noun Ancestry or social background.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act, art, or process of making coins.
- noun Coin; money coined; pieces of metal stamped by the proper authority for use as a circulating medium.
- noun The charges or expense of coining money.
- noun The act or process of forming or producing; invention; fabrication.
- noun That which is fabricated or produced.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or process of converting metal into money.
- noun Coins; the aggregate coin of a time or place.
- noun The cost or expense of coining money.
- noun The act or process of fabricating or inventing; formation; fabrication; that which is fabricated or forged.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The process of
coining money . - noun uncountable
Coins taken collectively;currency . - noun uncountable The
creation of new words,neologizing . - noun countable Something which has been made or invented, especially a
coined word.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a newly invented word or phrase
- noun coins collectively
- noun the act of inventing a word or phrase
Etymologies
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Examples
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I think our coinage is artistically of atrocious hideousness.
Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle, Without Motto, 1907-1908 : Coin Guide 2009
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Another Italian word, imbroglio, “a confused entanglement,” was used by editors of The New Republic in a portmanteau coinage.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Another Italian word, imbroglio, “a confused entanglement,” was used by editors of The New Republic in a portmanteau coinage.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Another Italian word, imbroglio, “a confused entanglement,” was used by editors of The New Republic in a portmanteau coinage.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Another Italian word, imbroglio, “a confused entanglement,” was used by editors of The New Republic in a portmanteau coinage.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Then, as now, the change in coinage was politically sensitive because the public had expressed dissatisfaction with lightweight British copper coins.
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There's probably no more irksome character than the humble hyphen, and though I'd love to develop a devil-may-care attitude toward it (got the bugger right that time, I reckon!), my newest coinage is hyphenhate, so you can guess just how I feel after 39713 of them and still counting.
Archive 2009-04-01 L. Lee Lowe 2009
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There's probably no more irksome character than the humble hyphen, and though I'd love to develop a devil-may-care attitude toward it (got the bugger right that time, I reckon!), my newest coinage is hyphenhate, so you can guess just how I feel after 39713 of them and still counting.
Hyphenhation L. Lee Lowe 2009
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Stand back, everybody, I feel a new word coinage coming on.
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [148] -- Aliens Landing? Chris Weigant 2010
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Stand back, everybody, I feel a new word coinage coming on.
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [148] -- Aliens Landing? Chris Weigant 2010
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