Meanings
- not comparableobsoleteObsolete form of none.
- nonstandardnot comparableUsed to negate or invert the meaning of the following adjective. More properly written as the prefix non-.
We have more veins than needed. These veins are essentially used up. The solution collapses the non essential veins and the body reroutes the blood flow. We have thousands of them
2026 July 12, u/MacaronNotRoon, r/oddlysatisfying (Reddit post), archived from the original on 12 Jul 2026
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbnegation of a word or group of words
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Germanic*ne
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Germanic*ainaz
- Proto-Germanic*nainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*nain
- Old Englishnān
- Middle Englishnon
- Old Englishnān
- Old Englishnān-
- Middle Englishnon-
- Englishnon-
- Englishnon
From non- (prefix)
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Cite this entry
non. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non
“non.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “non,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non.
Source: non on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.