NEOLOGISM - "practice of innovation in language," 1772 (in a translation from French), from French néologisme, from neo- (see neo-) + Greek logos "word" (see lecture (n.)) + -ism. Meaning "new word or expression" is from 1803. Neological is attested from 1754N Look up N at Dictionary.com in nickname, newt, and British dialectal naunt, the -n- belongs to a preceding indefinite article an or possessive pronoun mine. Other examples of this from Middle English manuscripts include a neilond ("an island," early 13c.), a narawe ("an arrow," c. 1400), a nox ("an ox," c. 1400), a noke ("an oak," early 15c.), a nappyle ("an apple," early 15c.), a negge ("an egg," 15c.). In 16c., an idiot sometimes became a nidiot, which, with still-common casual pronunciation, became nidget, which, alas, has not survived. The process also worked in surnames, from oblique cases of Old English at "by, near," as in Nock/Nokes/Noaks from atten Oke "by the oak;" Nye from atten ye "near the lowland;" and see Nashville. But it is more common for an English word to lose an -n- to a preceding a: apron, auger, adder, umpire, humble pie, etc. The mathematical use of n for "an indefinite number" is first recorded 1852, in to the nth power. n.b. Look up n.b. at Dictionary.com abbreviation of Latin nota bene "note well." n.g. Look up n.g. at Dictionary.com abbreviation of no good, attested from 1838; variant n.b.g. for no bloody good is first recorded 1903 NEO LITHIC .

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