nonsense-name 
coined numerous rirliiiniry new ronitiinatlons of letters as 
names of genera which must be adopted according to ac- 
cepted rules of y.oiil(iKic:il mniii'iii bititre. Anagrams, as 
l>itcrl frnni .\[, -,',{>,, ;ni<l .\Y//d/x from Laiiiun, arcaclasaof 
nonscn^i 11:11111 x though they have a sort of etymology. 
nonsense-verses (non'wns-ver'Bez), . i>i. 
Verses niaile liy taking uiiy words which may 
occur without reference to forming any con- 
nected sense correct meter, pleasing rh'ythm, 
or a grotesque effect being all that is aimed at. 
In KiiKlish schools l.:itin verse composition often begins 
with nonsense ven.es, the object being to familiarize the 
(iniiil with the quantity of syllables and the metrical forms 
tin tlieir nitvluiuiral sidt: before aiming at expression of 
thought. 
nonsensical (non-sen'si-kal), a. [Irreg. < non- 
xt-iiKf + -ir-al.] Of the nature of nonsense; 
having no sense ; unmeaning; absurd; foolish. 
This was the second time we had been left together by 
a parcel of nonsensical contingencies. 
Steme, Sentimental Journey, p. 27. 
nonsensicality (m>n-scn-si-kal'i-ti), . [< tum- 
si-itxiful + -iti/.] The quality of being nonsen- 
sical. or without sense or meaning. 
nonsensically ( lum-sen'si-kal-i), ode. In a non- 
sensical manner; absurdly; without meaning. 
nonsensicalness (non-sen si-kal-nes), n. Lack 
of meaning; absurdity; that which conveys no 
proper ideas. 
non-sensitive (non-sen'si-tiv).a. and n. I. a. 1. 
Not sensitive; not keenly alive to impressions 
from external objects. 2f. Wanting sense or 
perception. 
II. 11. One having no sense or perception. 
Undoubtedly, whatsoever we preach of contentedness in 
want, no precepts can so gain upon nature as to make 
her a MMHUMMi Felt ham, Resolves, 1. 11. 
non seq. An abbreviation of Latin non sequitur. 
non sequitur (non sek'wi-ter). [L., it does not 
follow: MOM, not; sequitur, 3d pers. sing. pres. 
ind. of seqtri, follow : see srquitur, sequent.] 
In law or logic, an inference or a conclusion 
which does not follow from the premises __ Fal- 
lacy of non sequitur. See Jottades m thingi (t\ u nder 
fallacy. 
non-sexual (non-sek'su-al), a. 1. Having no 
sex; sexless; asexual. 2. Done by or charac- 
teristic of sexless animals: as, the non-sexual 
conjugation of protozoans. 
non-society (non-so-si'e-ti), Not belonging 
to or connected with a society: specifically ap- 
plied to a workman who is not a member of a 
trades-society or trades-union, or to an estab- 
lishment in which such men are employed: as, 
a non-society man ; a non-society workshop. 
non-striated (non-stri'a-tod), . Not striate; 
unstriped, as muscular fiber. See fiber*-. 
nonsubstantialism (non - sub - stan'shal - izm), 
. The denial of substantial existence to phe- 
nomena; nihilism. 
nonsubstantialist (non-sub-stan'shal-ist), M. 
A believer in nonsubstantialism. 
Philosophers, as they affirm or deny the authority of con- 
sciousness In guaranteeing a substratum or substance to 
the manifestations of the ego and nonego, are divided into 
realists or substantialists and nihilists or nan ntbstantial- 
istt. Sir W. Hamilton, Metaph., xvi. 
nonsucht (non'such), w. See nonesuch. 
Non-SUCtoria (non-suk-to'ri-a), n. pi. [NL., < 
non- + Xuctoria.] Those tentaculiferous infu- 
sorians which are not suctorial, having filiform 
prehensile tentacles not provided with suckers. 
nonsuit (non'sut), M. [< OP. non suit (< L. 
HUH x/i/uitur), he does not follow: non, not; 
suit, 3d pers. sing. pres. ind. of suivre, < L. 
xpqiti, follow: see non- and SMI?.] 1. A judg- 
ment or decision against a plaintiff when he 
fails to show a cause of action at the trial: 
now often called dismissal of complaint. See 
calling of the plaintiff, under calling. The chief 
characteristic of this judgment Is that it does not usually 
bar a new action on the same matter. 
2. A judgment ordered for neglect to prosecute; 
a non pros. 
nonsuit (non'sut), r. <. [< nonsuit, .] Inlaw, 
to subject to a nonsuit; deprive of the benefit 
of a legal process, owing to failure to appear 
in court when called upon, or to prove a case. 
This joy. when God sneaks peace to the soul, . . . over- 
comes the world, nonxintx the devil, and makes a man keep 
Hilary-term all his life. Rev. T. Adami, Works, I. 68. 
Is It too much to tell the propounder of this project 
that he shall make out its necessity, or he shall be non- 
suited on his own case? K. Choate, Addresses, p. 455. 
nonsuit (non'sut), a. [< OP. tion sidt : see non- 
Kiiil. .] Nonsuited. 
If either party neglects to put in his declaration plea, 
replication, rejoinder, and the like, within the times al- 
lotted by the standing rules of the court, the plaintiff, if 
the omission be his is said to be nonmit, or not to follow 
and pursue his complaint, and shall lose the benefit of his 
writ. Blackttone. Com., III. xxi. 
4015 
non-suretyt (non-shOr'ti), . Absence of sure- 
ty; want of safety ; insecurity. 
nontenuit(mmte'ii'u-it). [L". he did not hold: 
MOM, not; t<-nuit, 'M pers. sing. perf. ind. of tc- 
iifi-t; hold.] lu linr, a plea in bar to rejili \m 
to avowry for arrears of rent, that the plaintiff 
did not hold in manner and form as the avowry 
alleged. ffTutrttm. 
non-tenure (nou-ten'ur), . In laic, an obsolete 
plea in bar to a real action, by saying that he 
[th* defendant) held not the land mentioned 
in the plaintiffs count or declaration, or at least 
some part thereof. H'liartmi. 
non-term (non'term), M. In laic, a vacation 
between two terms of a court. 
nontronite (non'tro-nit), . [< Xmitron (see 
def. ) + -itc".] Hydrated silicate of iron; a va- 
riety of chloropal occurring in small yellow 
nodules embedded in an ore of manganese. It is 
found in France in the arroudissement of Non- 
tron, department of Dordogne. 
non-union (non-u'nyon), a. Not belonging to a 
trades-union: as, a non-union man. 
nonuplet (non'u-plet), n. [< F. nonuple (< L. 
noting, ninth (see nones^, noon 1 ), + -uple as in 
duple, quadruple) + -et.] In music, a group of 
nine notes intended to take the place of six or 
eight. 
non-usager (non-u'saj-er), M. One of those 
nonjurors who opposed the revival of the forms 
In the administration of the communion known 
as the usages. See usager. 
non-usancet (non-u'zans), M. Neglect of use. 
Sir T. Browne. 
non-user (non-u'zer), M. In law: (a) Neglect 
or omission to use an easement or other right : 
as, the non-user of a corporate franchise. (6) 
Neglect of official duty; default of performing 
the duties and services required of an officer. 
An office, either public or private, may be forfeited by 
mis-user or non-tuer. Blackthme, Coin., II. x. 
non-Viable (non-vi'a-bl), a. Not viable: ap- 
plied to a fetus too young to maintain inde- 
pendent life. 
noodle 1 (nO'dl), . [Origin obscure: cf. noddy.] 
A simpleton. [Colloq.J 
The whole of these fallacies may be gathered together 
in a little oration, which we will denominate the noodle'* 
oration. Sydney Smith, Review of Bentham on Fallacies. 
noodle 2 (no'dl), n. [Usually or always in plural. 
noodles (= F. nouilles), < G. nudel, macaroni, 
vermicelli; origin obscure.] Dough formed into 
long and thin narrow strips, or, sometimes, into 
other shapes, dried, and used in soup. 
noodledom (no'dl-durn), n. [< noodle! + -dom.J 
The region of simpletons; noodles or simple- 
tons collectively. 
noodle-SOUp (no'dl-86p), n. [< noodle* + soup.'] 
Soup prepared from meat-stock with noodles. 
noogenism (no-oj'e-nizm), M. [< Gr. v6of, mind 
(see MOM*), + ytvoc., race, stock, family: see 
genus.] That which is generated or originated 
in the mind; a fact, theory, deduction, etc., 
springing from the mind. 
Hut we are compelled, in order to save circumlocution, 
to coin a word to express those facts which spring from 
Mind, whether, as in moral philosophy, purely metaphys- 
ical, or, as in natural philosophy, generated by Mind from 
Matter, by Reason from Experience. Such facts we could 
beg to call noijgenunns (i-oo?, mens, cogitatio, and y<>- , 
natus, progenies) ; therein including all mental offsprings 
or deductions, whether called hypotheses, theories, sys- 
tems, sciences, axioms, aphorisms, etc. 
Eden Warwick, quoted in N. and Q., 7th ser., ni. 274. 
nook (nuk), n. [Also dial. (So.) neuk; < ME. 
noke, nuk, noli, < Ir. Gael, nine, a corner, nook.] 
1. A corner. [Obsolete or Scotch.] 
In ever}' hand he took a nook 
Of that great leathern meal (meal-bagl. 
lIMn Hood and the Beggar (Child's Ballads, V. 201). 
2. A narrow place formed by an angle in bod- 
ies or between bodies ; a recess ; a secluded re- 
treat. 
Safely in harbour 
Is the king's ship ; in the deep nook, where once 
Thou call'dst me up. Shak., Tempest. I. 2. 227. 
This dark sequester d nook. Milton, Comus, 1. 500. 
Thou shalt live with me, 
Retired in some solitary nook, 
The comfort of my age. 
Beau, and Ft, Laws of Candy, II. 1. 
For mony a bein nook in mony a braw house has been 
offered to my hinny Willie. Scott, Redgauntlet, letter x. 
There Is scarcely a nook of our ancient and medieval 
history which the Germans are not now exploring. 
Stubot, Medieval and Modern Hist, p. 62. 
Nook of land, a lot. piece, or parcel of land ; the quarter 
of a yard-land. Balliuvll. |Rare.| 
nook (nuk). c. i. [< mil:!:, n.] To betake one's 
self to a recess or corner; ensconce one's self. 
[Bare.] 
nooning 
Hang. Shall the ambuscado lie In one place ? 
Cur. No; nook thou yonder. 
Middletun and Dekker, Roaring (iirl, 111. 3. 
nook-shottent (nuk'shot'n), a. Having many 
nooks ami corners; having a coast indented 
with gulfs, bays, friths, etc. 
I will sell my dukedom. 
To buy a slobbery and a dirty farm 
In that nook-thoUen isle of Albion. 
Shak., Hen. V., 11L 6. 14. 
nooky(nuk'i), a. [< nook + -y 1 .] Being a nook; 
nook-like; full of nooks. 
Joan has placed herself In a little noolni receu by an 
open window. K. Broughton, Joan, xxl. 
noological (no-o-loj'i-kal), a. [< notilog-u + 
-/<-// iT] Pertaining to noiJlogy. Sir W.Hamilton. 
noologist (no-ol'o-jist), . [< nooloy-y + -i.it.] 
i >ne who is versed in noOlogy. 
noolofjy (no-ol'o-ji), M. JX Gr. wSor, Attic vot?, 
the mind, the understanding (see noun), + -?.o//a, 
< Mytiv, speak: see -/<///.] The science of 
the understanding. Sir W. HaniHiim. 
noon 1 (iiim). n. and a. [< ME. MOOM, none, 
iiiiinir, nmjne, non, < AH. non, noon, nones 
(service), = OS. non, niton, nona = D. noen = 
MLG. none = OHG. nona, MHG. none = Icel. 
non, nones, = F. MOHC = 8p. Pg. It. HOMO, < L. 
WOM, the ninth hour of the day, lit. ninth (sc. 
lini-ii, hour), fern, of nonus, ninth: see nones'*. 
Applied orig. to the ninth hour, and later to 
the service then performed (nones), it came 
to mean loosely ' midday,' and, in exact use, 
'twelve o'clock.'] I. M. 1. The ninth hour of 
the day according to Roman and ecclesiastical 
reckoning, namely the ninth hour from sunrise, 
or the middle hour between midday and sun- 
set that is, about 3 P. M.; later, the ecclesias- 
tical hour of nones, at any time from midday 
till the ninth hour. 2. Midday ; the time when 
the sun is in the meridian ; twelve o'clock in 
the daytime. 
The begane In Chyviat the hyls above, 
Yerly on a Monnyn day ; 
Be that it drewe to the oware off none 
A hondrith fat hartes ded ther lay. 
Ancient Ballad of Chevy Chate, Percy's Bellques, p. 58. 
And hit neyhede ny the noon and with Neode ich mette, 
That afrontede me foule and faltour me calde. 
Pirn Plowman (C), xxiii. 4. 
Passion Sunday, the xxix Day of Marche, abowte none, 
I depart yd from Parys. 
TorUngton, Diarie of Eng. TraTell, p. 2. 
Who loves not more the night of June 
Than dull December's gloomy noon t 
Scott, Mai mil ni. v., Int. 
3. The middle or culminating point of any 
course; the time of greatest brilliancy or 
power; the prime. 
I walk unseen 
On the dry smooth-shaven green, 
To behold the wandering moon 
Riding near her highest noon. 
Mili:,n, II Penseroso, 1. 68. 
4f. pi. The noonday meal. Compare nones'*, 2. 
Piers Plowman Apparent or real noon. See op- 
parent. Mean noon. See means. Noon of night, 
midnight. 
Full before him at the noon of night 
(The moon was up, and shot a glearny light) 
lie saw a quire of ladies. 
Dryden, Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 218. 
II. a. Meridional. Young. 
noon 1 (non), r. i. [< noonl, n.] To rest at 
noon or during the warm part of the day. 
The third day of the journey the party nooned by the 
river Jabbok. L. Wallace, Ben-Hur, p. 459. 
noon'-'t, a. and J>TOM. A Middle English form of 
none 1 . 
noonday (non'da), M. and . [< MOOM* + day 1 .] 
I. M. Midday; twelve o'clock in the day. 
And yesterday the bird of night did sit 
Even at noon-day upon the market-place. 
Shak., J. C., L i 27. 
II. a. Pertaining to midday; meridional: 
as, the noonday heat. 
Moss-draped live-oaks, their noonday shadows a hun- 
dred feet across. The Century, XXXV. 2. 
noon-flower (no'n'flou'er), M. The goafs-beard, 
TrttfOpOfO* /n-alengis. Also noontide and woo- 
ilini-flinri-r. See go-to-bed-at-noon. 
nooning (n'ning), M. [< Moon* -I- -ing^.] Ke- 
at noon; rest at noon or during the heat 
of the day; sometimes, a repast at noon. 
Is this more pleasant to yon than the whir 
Of meadow-lark, and her sweet roundelay, 
Or twitter of little field-fares, as you take 
Your nooning In the shade of bush and brake? 
Longfellow, Wayside Inn, Birds of Klllingwortb. 
The men that mend our village ways, 
Vexing Macadam's ghost with pounded slate. 
Their nooning Uke. /.,.<, Vnder the Willows. 
