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coined

[ koind ]

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adjective

(of a word, expression, etc.) invented or made up:
A coined word, such as Xerox, is one of the most easily protected categories of trademark.
relating to or being money made by stamping metal; minted:
Our government founders were determined that the coined value of our gold and silver money should correspond with the market value of the bullion contained.
(of metal) made into coinage by stamping:
The floor of the vault was buried in coined gold and silver that had burst from the sacks it was originally stored in.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of coin ( def ).

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Other Word Forms

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well-coined adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of coined¹

coin ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

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“David coined this phrase, ‘normalizing the marginalized,’” Jessica explains when we chat on a video call in April, sitting next to David in their Southern California home.

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The trip's architect was Dr. Humphry Osmond, the psychiatrist who had first guided Aldous Huxley — the author of “Brave New World” and “The Doors of Perception” — in experiments with mescaline. and coined the term “psychedelic.”

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The greatest science-fiction writer of his generation, the man who coined the term “cyberspace,” Gibson has been very busy.

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The June release became more than a charting record, but rather a cultural movement — creating what has been coined as “brat summer.”

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The case gained international attention and was immortalised in the 2000 film Essex Boys, which starred Sean Bean and coined the name.

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