nonce

noun · adjectiveA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

nonces

1.
(archaic)(archaic, now only in for the nonce) The one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose.
That will do for the nonce, but we'll need a better answer for the long term.
2.
(lexicography) A nonce word.
I had thought that the term was a nonce, but it seems as if it's been picked up by other authors.
3.
(cryptography) A value constructed so as to be unique to a particular message in a stream, in order to prevent replay attacks.
The information gained by the eavesdropper would permit a replay attack, but only with a request for the same document, and even that may be limited by the server's choice of nonce.
4.
(British, Ireland, derogatory)A sex offender, especially one who is guilty of sexual offences against children.
1989 "assorted nonces, ponces and murderers, 'the worst men in the world' … on the nonce wing, where the child-killers, molesters and various perverts have to be protected from the other prisoners." (New Statesman, New Society, Volume 2, Statesman & Nation Publishing Company Limited)
5.
(broadly)(by extension) A pedophile.
6.
(British, Ireland, derogatory, slang)(British, Ireland, prison slang, derogatory) A police informer, one who betrays a criminal enterprise
Đồng nghĩa: snitch
7.
(British, Ireland, derogatory, slang)A stupid or worthless person.
Shut it, ya nonce!

Tính từ

adjective

1.
(not comparable)One-off; produced or created for a single occasion or use. Denoting something occurring once.

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Đồng nghĩa

snitch

Cùng gốc / liên quan

for the noncenonce borrowingnonce word

Từ có viền nét liền là đã có mục từ; viền nét đứt là chưa có trong dữ liệu.

Nguồn gốc từ

Middle English nonse, nones, a rebracketing of Middle English to þen anes, for þen anes (to/for the once (i.e., the one occasion or instance)), from the dative singular neuter of þe. The cryptography sense is commonly said to be a contraction of number used once, although this is probably incorrect.