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Term: Legomenon

Noun:

Sense 1: A word or phrase that appears only once in a particular text or corpus.

Example sentence: In the poem, the word "ephemeral" serves as a legomenon as it is not repeated anywhere else.

Noun:

Sense 2: Something that is obscure, rare, or difficult to understand or interpret.

Example sentence: The ancient manuscript contains numerous legomena, making it a challenging puzzle to decipher.

Noun:

Sense 3: (Ancient Greek) A word used only once by an author, not found elsewhere in their works.

Example sentence: Homer's epic poems are filled with legomena that have intrigued scholars for centuries.

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