Nonce Definition
(computing) A number, usually generated randomly or from the time, used once in a cryptographic protocol, to prevent replay attacks.
(UK, slang, pejorative) A sex offender, especially of children; a paedophile.
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Origin of Nonce
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From Middle English for the nones for the occasion alteration of for then anes for for for then neuter dative sing. of the the1 ones, anes once once
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Unknown - UK criminal slang. Possibly originally from dialectical nonce, nonse (“stupid, worthless individual"), or Nance, nance (“effeminate man"), from Nancy boy.
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From a misdivision in Middle English of þan anes (“the one (occasion, instance)").
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Contraction of number used once
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