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non est

non est adjective: absent; missing.

Adjective

non est (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, slang) Absent; missing.
    • The Regiment had been moving, and tents were non est.1871, The Masonic Review, volume 39, page 129

Origin of non est

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

Questions about non est

What does non est mean?
Non est means absent; missing.
What part of speech is non est?
Non est is an adjective.

Words near non est in the dictionary

  1. non compos
  2. non compos mentis
  3. non constat
  4. non distributio medii
  5. non divisi
  6. non est
  7. non est factum
  8. non est inventus
  9. non liquent
  10. non liquet
  11. non liquets

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