coining
/ˈkɔɪnɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.57 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A form of alternative medicine from Southeast Asia where a coin is rubbed vigorously on a patient's oiled skin.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Poetry admits of greater latitude than proſe, which with reſpect to coining, or, at leaſt, new-compounding words; yet, even here, this liberty ſhould be uſed with a ſparing hand."
- "Once we move into the Patristic period, there is undoubted evidence for new coinings of words (particularly compounds) as a response to the needs of the theological debates which occurred."
- "Coinings or neologisms are words that have recently been created. […] True coinings, which are completely new words, are rather rare relative to the vast number of words we create by means of the other word formation processes."