non est

adjective

Absent; missing.

OriginLatin non est inventus →
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Meanings

adjectivenon est (not comparable)
  1. archaicnot comparableslangAbsent; missing.

    The Regiment had been moving, and tents were non est.

    1871, The Masonic Review, volume 39, page 129

Origin

  1. Latinnon est inventus“he has not been found”
  2. Englishnon est

From Latin non est inventus (“he has not been found”).

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