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nonname

nonname noun: something, such as a word, that is not a name.

Noun

nonname (plural nonnames)

  1. Something, such as a word, that is not a name.
    • There are at least two separate categories of unnameables: first, there are big unnameables, with various deictic nonnames such as I am that I am, Yahweh, the Other, the Real, an outside always to come, and so on; […]2012, Jonathan Abel, Redacted: The Archives of Censorship in Transwar Japan, page 226

Forms of nonname

pluralnonnames
alternative formnon-name

Origin of nonname

From non- + name.

Questions about nonname

What does nonname mean?
Nonname means something, such as a word, that is not a name.
What part of speech is nonname?
Nonname is a noun.
What is the plural of nonname?
The plural of nonname is nonnames.

Words near nonname in the dictionary

  1. nonmythological
  2. nonmyths
  3. nonna
  4. nonnaive
  5. nonnamaxxing
  6. nonname
  7. nonnamed
  8. nonnames
  9. nonnarcissist
  10. nonnarcissistic
  11. nonnarcissists

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