Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: noiseless – noon
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noiseless, adj. [see noise, n.]
Voiceless; inaudible; silent; speechless; making no sound.
noisy, adj. [see noise, n.]
- Talkative; making many loud sounds; [fig.] active; busy.
- Unquiet; [fig.] nervous; shaking; trembling; restless; uneasy; agitated.
nominated, verbal adj. [L. 'to name'.]
Named; designated; chosen; selected; called by name; [metaphor] present for a vote in an election; suggest the name of a person as a candidate for civic office; [Congregational Church] read the name of a potential member aloud in a church meeting; consider someone as a candidate to participate formally in a religious group.
nomination, n. [see nominate, v.]
Naming; designation; appellation; verbal definition; [political] election procedures; the process of voting; [metaphor] artistic craft; poetic technique; [fig.] mere reason; appointment by intellect alone; assignment by human logic.
nonchalance, n. [see nonchalant, adj.]
Indifference; imperturbability; [fig.] coolness; chill.
nonchalant, adj. [Fr. < L. non, not + chaloir, warm.]
Indifferent; disinterested; unmoved; [fig.] cool; chilly; stiff; not active; still partially frozen; not yet subject to spring growth.
none, adj. [see none, pron.]
No; not any.
none, pron. [OE nán, not one.] (webplay: all, any, least, no, not, nothing, one, other, part).
- Nothing; not any such thing; [ellipsis of something previously mentioned.]
- Ordinary; of no significance.
- Nonexistent; deficient; insufficient; lacking; missing; wanting.
- Nothing.
- No one; no person; not anybody; not any one of a group.
- Phrase. “None of”: not at all; not in the least.
- Phrase. “None but”: only; just; none other than.
nook (-s), n. [Of obscure origin.]
- Spot; corner; cranny; crevice; little place; secluded space; narrow opening in the ground.
- Glade; grove; glen; dell.
noon, adv. [see noon, n.]
Phrase. “all Noon”: the whole day; [word play] totally golden.