Non- (?). [L. non, OL. noenu,
noenum, fr. neoenum, lit., not one. See
None.]
A prefix used in the sense of
not; un-; in- ; as in
nonattention, or non-attention, nonconformity, nonmetallic, nonsuit.
&fist; The prefix non- may be
joined to the leading word by means of a hyphen, or, in
most cases, the hyphen may be
dispensed with. The list of words having the prefix non- could easily be lengthened.
Non (?), a. No; not. See
No, a. Chaucer.
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