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Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek τρίς λεγόμενον (trís legómenon, (something) said only three times), from τρίς (trís, three times) and λεγόμενον (legómenon), passive participle of λέγω (légō).

Noun edit

tris legomenon (plural tris legomena)

  1. (linguistics) A word occurring only three times in a given corpus.

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