Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: needless – Negro
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needless, adj. [see need, n.]
Unnecessary; undesirable; not wanted; no reason.
needy, adj. [see need, n.]
Indigent; very poor.
ne'er, adv. [contracted form; see never, adv.]
negative, adj. [Fr. < L. negāre, to deny.]
Absent; withdrawn; missing in action; [fig.] dormant; inert; static.
negative, n. [Fr.]
Restraint; cessation; surcease; veto; nay-saying; [fig.] passing on; taking of life.
neglect (-ing), v. [L. neg 'not' + legěre 'to pick up'.]
Disregard; omit; discard; bypass; leave unnoticed.
neglected, verbal adj. [see neglect, v.]
Forgotten; ignored; overlooked; disregarded; [fig.] not welcome; regarded with suspicion.
negotiate, v. [L. neg 'not' + ōtium 'ease', quiet.]
Intervene; mediate; compromise; communicate; conduct business; arrange by mutual agreement.
negotiation, n. [see negotiate, v.]
Business discussion; conversation about payment of debt.
Negro, n. [Sp. < L. 'black'.]
Dark-skinned person; man from southeast Asia; someone with high melanin skin pigmentation; [fig.] dusk; nightfall; sunset time; darkness of evening in the western sky; [metaphor] pearl diver (see Browning's “Paracelsus”).