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nonalogue

nonalogue noun: a series of nine statements.

Noun

nonalogue (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural) A series of nine statements.
    • these Christians who have their head away off at Rome, subtract one from the ten commandments; and you know if you take one from ten, only nine remain. So they have but nine commandments. Theirs is not a Decalogue, but a Nonalogue.1836, William Nevins, Thoughts on Poetry, page 21
    • In view of the utter disregard for the Code with which new taxa are being described even in modern times, and in view of the inaccuracies in some of the features reported, I am tempted to extend the above into a nonalogue, if only to stress the need for good sense.2012, Gary T. Cole, Biology of Conidial Fungi, Volume 1, Volume 1, page 74

Origin of nonalogue

From nona- + -logue.

Questions about nonalogue

What does nonalogue mean?
Nonalogue means a series of nine statements.
What part of speech is nonalogue?
Nonalogue is a noun.

Words near nonalogue in the dictionary

  1. nonalloyed
  2. nonalluring
  3. nonallusive
  4. nonalluvial
  5. nonally
  6. nonalogue
  7. nonalone
  8. nonaloof
  9. nonalopecic
  10. nonalphabetic
  11. nonalphabetical

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