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Definitions

Name-Calling; Narratorial; Narratorily; Narrative

Ne Plus Ultra; Neoteric; Nescience/ Nescient; Nisus; Nitpicking

Nocuous; Noetic; Noisome; Non Sequitur; Nonce Words

None of Your Concern; Nonesuch; Nonhereditary; Nonpareil; Nonpareil

Not Getting What One Wants ...; Not-Knowing Principle

Nullifidian; Nuptial


Name-Calling:

name-calling (n.): insulting language; verbal abuse, esp as a crude form of argument. ~ (Collins English Dictionary).


Narratorial

narratorial (adj.): pertaining to a narrator. ~ (Wiktionary English Dictionary).

Narratorily:

narratorly (adj.): in the style of a narrator. ~ (Wiktionary English Dictionary).


Narrative:

narrative (n.): an explanation or interpretation of events in accordance with a particular theory, ideology, or point of view; [e.g.]: “The competing narratives of Capitalism and Marxism”; (adv.): narratively. ~ (American Heritage Dictionary).


Ne Plus Ultra:

ne plus ultra (n.): the highest point of excellence, acme; loosely translated from the Latin for “there is no reason to go further”, the phrase is a synonym of “zenith”; legend has it that “ne plus ultra” – in its literal sense – was inscribed on Gibraltar’s Pillars of Hercules as a warning to mariners not to venture, depending on the direction in which they were sailing, into the Atlantic Ocean or the Mediterranean Sea. ~ (Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price).


Neoteric:

neoteric (adj.): 1. new; recent in origin; modern; [e.g.]: “And neoteric astronomy hath found spots in the sun”; 2. (n.): a modern; [e.g.]: “;How much mistaken both the philosophers of old and later neotericshave been, their own ignorance make manifest”; (adv.): neoterically; (adj.): neoteristic, neoterical; (n.): neoterism (=innovation; specifically, the introduction of new words or phrases into a language; a word or phrase so introduced); (n.): neoterist (=one who invents new words or expressions; an innovator in language); (v.): neoterise, neoterised, neoterising (=to innovate; specifically, to coin new words or phrases). [from Late Latin neōtericus, ‘new’, ‘modern’, from Greek νεωτερικός (neōterikós), ‘youthful’, ‘natural to a youth’, from νεώτερος (neōteros), ‘younger’, ‘newer’, comparative of νέος (neos), ‘young’, ‘new’]. ~ (Century Dictionary and Cyclopaedia)


Nescience:

nescience (n.): 1. the condition of being ignorant; lack of knowledge or learning; (synonyms): benightedness, ignorance, ignorantness, illiteracy, illiterateness; 2. the condition of being uninformed or unaware; (synonyms): ignorance, obliviousness, unknowing, unknowingness, unfamiliarity. ~ (American Heritage Roget’s Thesaurus).

Nescient:

nescient (adj.): without education or knowledge; (synonyms): ignorant, illiterate, uneducated, uninstructed, unlearned, unschooled, untaught. ~ (American Heritage Roget’s Thesaurus).


Nisus:

[Dictionary Definition]: nisus (n.): effort, endeavour; conatus {viz.: conatus: an effort, an attempt}. [NL., ‹ L. nisus, ‘effort’, ‹ niti, pp. nisus, nixus, ‘strive’].~ (Century Dictionary and Cyclopaedia).


Nitpicking:

[Dictionary Definitions]:

• ‘nitpicking: minute, trivial, unnecessary, and unjustified criticism or faultfinding’. (American Heritage® Dictionary).
• ‘nitpicking: petty criticism; trivial, unnecessary, detailed, and often unjustified faultfinding’. (Encarta Dictionary).
• ‘nitpicking: giving too much attention to unimportant details, especially as a way of criticising’. (Cambridge Dictionary).
• ‘nitpicking: minute and usually unjustified criticism’. (Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary).
• ‘nitpicking: quibbling over insignificant details; cavilling, carping’. (WordNet 2.0).
• ‘nitpick: criticise pedantically; find fault (with) in a petty manner; freq. as nitpicking’. (Oxford Dictionary).


Nocuous:

Nocuous (adj.): harmful; noxious; (adv.): nocuously (n.): nocuousness. [C17: from Latin nocuus, from nocēre, ‘to hurt’]. ~ (Collins English Dictionary).


Noetic

noetic (adj.): of or relating to the mind, esp. to its rational and intellectual faculties; cf. dianoetic (=‘of or relating to thought, esp. to discursive reasoning rather than intuition'); (n.): noesis. [C17: from Greek noētikos, from noein, ‘to think’, from nous, ‘the mind’]. ~ (Collins English Dictionary).


Noisome:

noisome (adj.): 1. offensive to the point of arousing disgust; foul; 2. harmful or dangerous; (usage note): sometimes noisome is assumed to mean “noisy”, because the two words sound similar, but in the 2011 survey conducted by the American Heritage Dictionary, eighty-nine percent of those surveyed found the sentence, “We could barely hear each other with the noisome helicopter overhead” to be unacceptable; if noisome is used as a synonym for “noisy” there is a good chance readers will take it to mean someone or something depicted is being offensive or harmful; (adv.): noisomely; (n.): noisomeness; (synonyms): offensive, disgusting, loathsome, nasty, odious, repellent, repulsive, revolting, vile; these adjectives mean extremely unpleasant to the senses or feelings; [e.g.]: “an offensive remark”; “their disgusting language”; “a loathsome disease”; “a nasty miasma”; “an odious sight”; “a repellent demand”; “their repulsive behaviour”; “such revolting food”; “those vile thoughts” ; see also hateful; viz.: (synonyms): hateful, detestable, odious, offensive, repellent; these often interchangeable adjectives describe what elicits or deserves strong dislike, distaste, or revulsion; hateful refers to what evokes hatred or deep animosity; [e.g.]: “No vice is universally so hateful as ingratitude”. (Joseph Priestley); detestable applies to what arouses abhorrence or scorn; [e.g.]: “those detestable crimes against humanity”; something odious is the object of intense displeasure or aversion; [e.g.]: “the odious practice of sending prisoners abroad to be tortured”. (Ronald Dworkin); offensive applies to what offends or insults; [e.g.]: “an offensive suggestion about the writer being guilty of plagiarism”; something repellent arouses repugnance or disgust; [e.g.]: “[The motion picture code] banned the portrayal of repellent subjects—the sale of women, surgical operations, cruelty to children and animals”. (Jeffrey Meyers). [Middle English noiesom; from noie, ‘harm’ (short for anoi, ‘annoyance’, from Old French, from anoier, ennuyer, ‘to annoy’, from Vulgar Latin *inodiāre, ‘to make odious’, from Latin in odiō, ‘odious’; from in, ‘in’ + odiō, ablative of odium, ‘hatred’) + -som, adjectival suffix, from Middle English -som, from Old English -sum, ‘tending to’, ‘-like’]. ~ (American Heritage Dictionary).


Non Sequitur:

[Dictionary Definition]: ‘non sequitur: an inference or conclusion not logically following from the premises; a response, remark, etc., not logically following from what has gone before.’ (Oxford Dictionary).

non seq. (n.): an abbreviation of Latin non sequitur; in law or logic, an inference or a conclusion which does not follow from the premises. [Latin, ‘it does not follow’; from: non, ‘not’; sequitur, 3rd person. singular present indicative of sequi, ‘follow’]. ~ (Century Dictionary and Cyclopaedia).


Nonce Words:

nonce word (n.): a word occurring, invented, or used just for a particular occasion.~ (American Heritage Dictionary).


None of Your Concern:

[Dictionary Definition]: ‘none of your concern: business, affair, responsibility, charge, duty, job, task, occupation (...)’.(Oxford Dictionary).


Nonesuch:

nonesuch (n.): a person or thing so excellent as to have no equal or match; (synonyms): nonpareil, paragon, phoenix. ~ (American Heritage Roget’s Thesaurus).


Nonhereditary:

nonhereditary (adj.): not hereditary; not able to be passed through the genes from a biological parent to offspring. ~ (Webster’s College Dictionary).


Nonpareil:

• nonpareil (adj.): having no equal; peerless; (n.): a person or thing which has no equal; a paragon. [Middle English nounparalle, from Old French nonpareil, from non- + pareil, ‘equal’, from Vulgar Latin *pariculus, diminutive of Latin pār, ‘equal’]. ~ (American Heritage Dictionary).

• nonpareil (n.): a person or thing which is unsurpassed or unmatched; peerless example; (adj.): having no match or equal; peerless. [C15: from French, from non- + pareil, ‘same’]. ~ (Collins English Dictionary).

• nonpareil (adj.): having no equal; peerless; (n.): a person or thing having no equal. [1400-50; from Middle French nonpareil, from non- + pareil, ‘equal’, from Latin pari-, singular of pār, ‘equal’]. ~ (Webster’s College Dictionary).

• nonpareil (n.): model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal; (synonyms): nonesuch, nonsuch, apotheosis, ideal, paragon, saint; [e.g.]: “the team’s nonpareil centre fielder”; one and only, peerless, unmatchable, matchless, unrivalled, unmatched, one; [e.g.]: “the one and only world champion”; “a peerless scholar”; “wrote with unmatchable clarity”; “infamy unmatched in the Western world”; “matchless beauty”; “unrivalled mastery of her art”; “she’s one in a million”; (adj.): eminent beyond or above comparison; (synonyms): incomparable, uncomparable (such that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for comparison or lacking features which can be compared); [e.g.]: “an incomparable week of rest and pleasure”; “the computer proceeds with its incomparable efficiency”; “this report is incomparable with the earlier ones because of different breakdowns of the data”. ~ (Princeton’s WordNet 3.0).

• nonpareil (n.): 1. ideal, best, finest, perfection, paragon, ne plus ultra; [e.g.]: “In league, if not international football, he remains the nonpareil”; (adj.): unequalled, supreme, unique, unparalleled, unrivalled, incomparable, unmatched, peerless, unsurpassed, matchless; [e.g.]: “He is the nonpareil popular vocalist”. ~ (Collins English Thesaurus).

• nonpareil (adj.): without equal or rival; (synonyms): alone, incomparable, matchless, only, peerless, singular, unequalled, unexampled, unique, unmatched, unparalleled, unrivalled; (n.): a person or thing so excellent as to have no equal or match; (synonyms): nonesuch, paragon, phoenix. ~ (American Heritage Roget’s Thesaurus).

Nonpareil:


Not Getting What One Wants/ Getting What One Wants’:

• [Mr. Oscar Wilde]: ‘In this world there are only two tragedies.

One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

The last is much the worst; the last is a real tragedy!’ (from ‘Lady Windermere’s Fan’).


Not-Knowing Principle:

‘Those who know do not speak; those who speak do not know’.

For more on this topic see:


Nullifidian:

[Dictionary Definition]: ‘nullifidian (noun): a person having no faith or religion, an atheist; (adjective): having no faith or belief’. (Oxford Dictionary).


Nuptial:

[Dictionary Definition]: ‘nuptial: zool. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of mating or the breeding season; esp. designating characteristic breeding coloration or behaviour’. (Oxford Dictionary).

nuptial (adj.): 1. of or relating to marriage or the wedding ceremony; 2. of, relating to, or occurring during the mating season; [e.g.]: “the nuptial plumage of male birds”; (n.): often *nuptials*, a wedding ceremony; (adv.): nuptially. [emphasis added] . [Middle English nupcialle, from Old French nuptial, from Latin nūptiālis, from nūptiae, ‘wedding’, from nūpta, feminine past participle of nūbere, ‘to take a husband’]. ~ (American Heritage Dictionary).


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