中英語のthen anes, that one, then, すなわち現在のthe, ane-, すなわち現在のone, -s, 副詞的所有格から、誤ってnanesに分割された。
英語の語源
nonce (n.)
abstracted from phrase for te naness (c. 1200) "for a special occasion, for a particular purpose," itself a misdivision (see N for other examples) of for tan anes "for the once," in reference to a particular occasion or purpose, the tan being from Middle English dative definite article tam (see the). The phrase used from early 14c. as an empty filler in metrical composition. As an adjective from 1884.
例文
1. Her tendency to discover a touch of sadness had for the nonce disappeared.
彼女の昔の淡い悲しみは今ではすっかり消えてしまった。dd>
2.This would dissolve a vocabulary into an infinite number of nonce words.
これにより、1枚の語彙表が無数の一時的な語に分解されます。
3.Bob is a fool,to be dozing at the very nonce .
ボブは本当に馬鹿で、この節目に居眠りをしている。
4.Well，goodbye for the nonce .
はい、後で。
5.The badge of the civil and staid I 'll tear into shreds for the nonce .