Meanings
- pluralplural of non sequitur
Not all non sequiturs (ahem, non sequuntur) are vacuous per se.
1998 September 19, Matthew Montchalin, “(Big Trees) Re: Vehicle weight (was: Teen drivers)”, in or.politics (Usenet)3 more examples
We cannot be told that our arguments are vitiated by a fallacy, that our quod erat demonstranda involve too many non sequuntur : we cannot even be told that our campaign represents a policy of perfections, of unattainable ne plus ultrae.
1947 January, L. J. D. Richardson, “A Little Classics Is a Dangerous Thing”, in Greece & Rome, volume 16, number 46, Cambridge University PressThaank^([sic]) you, Mr Fnordling-5, for your most uplifting contribution; in return, I offer you telices (so much classier than telexes) and non sequuntur.
1998 July 23, Bob Newman, “Handy snot-plural quick reference guide”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet)What does being familiar with you have to do with it? Fond of non sequuntur?
2001 August 29, Padraic Brown, “thee and thou [WAS: basically]”, in sci.lang (Usenet)
Origin
- Latinnōn sequuntur
- Englishnon sequuntur
Learned borrowing from Latin nōn sequuntur (literally “they do not follow”), third-person plural form of nōn sequī (literally “to not follow”).
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