Emily Dickinson Lexicon

NEG-LECTED-NESS, n.

State of being neglected. More.

NEG-LECTER, n.

One that neglects.

NEG-LECTFUL, a.

1. Heedless; careless; inattentive. Locke.
2. Accustomed or apt to omit what may or ought to be done.
3. Treating with neglect or slight.
4. Indicating neglect, slight or indifference; as, a neglectful countenance. Locke.

NEG-LECTFUL-LY, adv.

With neglect; with heedless inattention with careless indifference.

NEG-LECTING, ppr.

Omitting; passing by; forbearing to do; slighting; treating with indifference.

NEG-LECTING-LY, adv.

Carelessly; heedlessly. Shak.

NEG-LECTION, n.

The state of being negligent [Not used.] Shak.

NEG-LECTIVE, a.

Inattentive; regardless of. [Little used.] K. Charles.

NEG-LI-GEE, ta. [Fr. neglige.]

A kind of gown formerly worn. Goldsmith.

NEG-LI-GENCE, n. [L. negligentia.]

1. Neglect; omission to do; more generally,
2. Habitual omission of that which ought to be done, or a habit of omitting to do things, either from carelessness or design. Negligence is usually the child of sloth or laziness, and the parent of disorders in business, often of poverty.

NEG'LI-GENT, a.

1. Careless; heedless; apt or accustomed to omit what ought to be done; inattentive to business or necessary concerns. It is applied to a particular instance neglect, or it denotes habitually careless or inattentive. 2 Chron. xxii. 2 Pet. is. He that thinks be can afford to be negligent, is not far from being poor. Rumbler.
2. Regardless. Be thou negligent of fame. Swift,

NEG'LI-GENT-LY, adv.

1. Carelessly; heedlessly; without exactness; as, a person negligently dressed; a piece negligently written; a farm negligently cultivated.
2. With slight, disregard or inattention. The quality of being negotiable or transferable by indorsement. Sewall. Walsh.

NE-GOTIA-BLE, a. [from negotiate.]

That may be transferred by assignment or indorsement; that may be passed from the owner to another person so as to vest the property in the assignee; as, a negotiable note or bill of exchange. Walsh.

NE-GOTIANT, it.

One who negotiates; a negotiator. [Not used.] Ralegh.

NE-GO-TIATE, nego'shate. [L. negotior; It. negoziare; Sp. negociar; Fr. negocier; from L. negotium, business, employment; W. neges, an errand, business; negeseua, to go on errands, to negotiate.]

1. To transact business; to treat with another respecting purchase end sale; to hold intercourse in bargaining or trade, either in person or by a broker or substitute; as, to negotiate with a man for the purchase of goods or a farm.
2. To bold intercourse with another respecting a treaty, league or convention; to treat with respecting peace or commerce. It is a crime for an embassador to betray his prince for whom he should negotiate. Decay of Piety.

NE-GO-TIATE, v.t. nego'shate.

1. To procure by mutual intercourse and agreement with another; as, to negotiate a loan of money. Ship brokers arid interpreters negotiate affreightments. Walsh.
2. To procure, make or establish by mutual intercourse and agreement with others. Mr. Jay negotiated a treaty with the British ministry in 1794.
3. To sell; to pass; to transfer for a valuable consideration; as, to negotiate a bill of exchange. The notes were not negotiated to them in the usual course of business or trade. Kent.

NE-GO'TIA-TED, pp.

Procured or obtained by agreement with another; sold or transferred for a valuable consideration.

NE-GOTIA-TING, ppr.

Treating with; transacting business.

NE-GO-TIA-TION, n.

1. The act of negotiating; the transacting of business in traffick; the treating with another respecting sale or purchase.
2. The transaction of business between nations; the mutual intercourse of governments by their agents, in making treaties and the like as, the negotiations at Ghent.

NE-GO'TIA-TOR, n.

One that negotiates; one that treats with others either as principal or agent, in respect to purchase and sale, or public compacts. Swift.

NE'GRESS, n. [See Negro.]

A female of the black race of Africa.

NEGRO, n. [It. and Sp. negro, black, from L. niger.]

A native or descendant of the black race of men in Africa. The word is never applied to the tawny or olive-colored inhabitants of the northern coast of Africa, but to the more southern race of men who are quite black.

NEGRO-LOID, a. [negro, and Islas.]

Pertaining to men who have a resemblance to negroes.

NE'GUS, n.

A liquor made of wine, water, sugar, nutmeg and lemon juice; so called, it is said, from its first maker, Col. Negus.

NEIF, n. [Ice. nefi.]

1. The neaf or fist. [Not used.] Shak.
2. A slave. [Not used.]