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nonchion

nonchion is the obsolete form of nuncheon.

Meaning of nuncheon

Noun

nuncheon (countable and uncountable, plural nuncheons)

  1. (archaic, dialectal) A drink or light snack taken in the afternoon; a refreshment between meals.
    • They used to break their fast, and nonchion [translating collation] between meals, and all summer-time had men that sold snowe up and down the streets, wherewith they refreshed their wines, of whom some were so daintie that all winter long they used to put snow into their wine, not deeming it cold...1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Questions about nonchion

What is nonchion the obsolete form of?
Nonchion is the obsolete form of nuncheon.

Words near nonchion in the dictionary

  1. nonchildbearing
  2. nonchildlike
  3. nonchildren
  4. nonchilled
  5. nonchimeric
  6. nonchion
  7. nonchipped
  8. nonchipping
  9. nonchiral
  10. nonchitinous
  11. nonchivalric

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