NON

not, non

(adverb) negation of a word or group of words; “he does not speak French”; “she is not going”; “they are not friends”; “not many”; “not much”; “not at all”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adverb

non (not comparable)

Obsolete form of none.

Source: Wiktionary


Non, a.

Definition: No; not. See No, a. Chaucer.

Non-. Etym: [L. non, OL. noenu, noenum, fr. neoenum, lit., not one. See None.]

Definition: A prefix used in the sense of not; un-; in-; as in nonattention, or non-attention, nonconformity, nonmetallic, nonsuit.

Note: The prefix non- may be joined to the leading word by means of a hyphen, or, in most cases, the hyphen may be dispensed with. The list of words having the prefix non- could easily be lengthened.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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29 May 2025

CRITICAL

(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”


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Coffee Trivia

The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.

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