Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: NON-COMPOS-MENTIS, or NON-COMPOS – NON-E-PIS'CO-PAL
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NON-COMPOS-MENTIS, or NON-COMPOS, a. [or n. Non compos mentis, or non compos; L.]
Not of sound mind; not having the regular use of reason; as a noun, an idiot; a lunatic; one devoid of reason, either by nature or by accident.
NON-CON-CLUD'ING, a.
Not ending or closing. Baxter.
NON-CON-DUCT'ING, a.
Not conducting; not transmitting another fluid. Thus in electricity, wax is a non-conducting substance.
NON-CON-DUC'TION, n.
A non-conducting. Ure.
NON-CON-DUCT'OR, n.
A substance which does not conduct, that is, transmit another substance or fluid, or which transmits it with difficulty. Thus wool is a non-conductor of heat; glass and dry wood are non-conductors of the electrical flnid.
NON-CON-FORM'IST, n.
One who neglects or refuses to conform to the rites and mode of worship of an established church. Blackstone. Swift.
- Neglect or failure of conformity.
- The neglect or refusal to unite with an established church in its rites and mode of worship. Blackstone.
NON-CON-TA'GIOUS, a.
Not contagious.
The quality or state of being not communicable from a diseased to a healthy body.
Not contributing. Jefferson.
Not being contemporary, or not of contemporary origin. Journ. of Science.
NON-DE-LIV'E-RY, n.
A neglect or failure of delivery. Blackstone.
A failure to deposit or throw down.
NON-DE-SCRIPT', a. [L. non, not, and descriptus, described.]
That has not been described.
NON-DE-SCRIPT', n.
Any thing that has not been described. Thus a plant or animal newly discovered is called a nondescript.
A failure of development. Lindley.
NON-DIS-COV'ER-Y, n.
Want of discovery. Buckland.
NONE, a. [Sax. nan; ne, not, and ane, one. The Latins use nemo, neminis, that is, ne and man.]
- Not one; used of persons or things. There is none that doeth good; no, not one. Ps. xiv.
- Not any; not a part; not the least portion. Six days shall ye gather it, but on the Seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. Exod. xvi.
- It was formerly used before nouns; as, “thou shalt have none assurance of thy life.” This use is obsolete; we now use no; thou shalt have no assurance. “This is none other but the house of God;” we now say, no other.
- It is used as a substitute, the noun being omitted. “He walketh through dry places, seeking rest and finding none;” that is, no rest. Matth. xii.
- In the following phrase, it is used for nothing, or no concern. “Israel would none of me,” that is, Israel would not listen to me at all; they would have no concern with me; they utterly rejected my counsels.
- As a substitute, none has a plural signification. Terms of peace were none vouchsafed. Milton.
NON-E-LECT', n. [L. non, not, and electus, elected.]
One who is not elected or chosen to salvation. Huntington.
NON-E-LEC'TION, n.
Failure of election. Jefferson.
NON-E-LEC'TRIC, a.
Conducting the electric fluid.
NON-E-LECTRIC, n.
A substance that is not an electric, or which transmits the fluid; as metals.
NON-EM-PHATIC, or NON-EM-PHAT'IC-AL, a.
Having no emphasis; unemphatic. Beattie.
NON-EN'TI-TY, n.
- Non-existence; the negation of being. Bentley.
- A thing not existing. There was no such thing as rendering evil for evil, when evil was a non-entity. South.
NON-E-PIS'CO-PAL, a.
Not episcopal; not of the episcopal church or denomination. J. M. Mason.