figurative (from 1.) spec. To frame or invent (a new word or phrase); usually implying deliberate purpose; and occasionally used depreciatively…
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| 释义 | the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > use or formation of new words or phrases > [verb (transitive)] (9) coin1589 figurative (from 1.) spec. To frame or invent (a new word or phrase); usually implying deliberate purpose; and occasionally used depreciatively… new-coin1591 transitive. To coin afresh or again. feign1607 To invent, ‘coin’ (a word). Obsolete. minta1643 transitive. To produce or create (something likened to coinage); to invent (a new word or phrase). Sometimes in negative sense: to fabricate, concoct. Subcategories:— borrow from another language (5) |
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