coinage
coins collectively; currency.
the act or process of inventing words; neologizing.
an invented or newly created word or phrase: “Ecdysiast” is a coinage of H. L. Mencken.
anything made, invented, or fabricated.
Origin of coinage
1Other words from coinage
- mis·coin·age, noun
- non·coin·age, noun
- re·coin·age, noun
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How to use coinage in a sentence
Hence, both the Vey and the Cherokee, the two latest coinages in the way of alphabets, are both syllabic.
The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies | Robert Gordon LathamThere is, indeed, but a shadowy boundary in these new coinages between the various parts of speech.
The American Language | Henry L. MenckenThe spirit of the language appears scarcely less clearly in some of the coinages of the other classes.
The American Language | Henry L. MenckenLike all Tommy's word-coinages it was a good one and spread into common use.
G. H. Q. | Frank FoxMany coinages of the pre-Revolutionary era later disappeared.
The American Language | Henry L. Mencken
British Dictionary definitions for coinage
/ (ˈkɔɪnɪdʒ) /
coins collectively
the act of striking coins
the currency of a country
the act of inventing something, esp a word or phrase
a newly invented word, phrase, usage, etc
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