nonfluorescent

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adjective

Not fluorescent

OriginEnglish fluorescent ← Middle English sparston ← Old English spærstān →
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Meanings

adjectivenonfluorescent (not comparable)

alternative non-fluorescent

  1. not comparableNot fluorescent

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*bʰlewH-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*bʰluH-yé-ti?
  17. Latinfluō
  18. Latinfluor
  19. Englishfluor
  20. Englishfluorite
  21. Middle Low Germanspar
  22. Old Englishspærstān
  23. Middle Englishsparston
  24. Englishsparstonebf.
  25. Englishspar
  26. Englishfluorspar
  27. Englishfluorescencebf.
  28. Englishfluoresce
  29. Englishfluorescent
  30. Englishnonfluorescent

From non- + fluorescent.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with nonfluorescent

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Cite this entry
APA

nonfluorescent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonfluorescent

MLA

“nonfluorescent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonfluorescent. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonfluorescent,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonfluorescent.

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