Nonsense verses, lines made by taking any words which occur, but
especially certain words which it is desired to recollect, and
arranging them without reference to anything but the measure, so that
the rhythm of the lines may aid in recalling the remembrance of the
words.
Syn. -- Folly; silliness; absurdity; trash; balderdash.
Non*sen"si*cal (?), a. Without sense; unmeaning; absurd; foolish;
irrational; preposterous. -- Non*sen"si*cal*ly, adv. --
Non*sen"si*cal*ness, n.
Non*sen"si*tive (?), a. Not sensitive; wanting sense or perception; not
easily affected.
||Non seq"ui*tur (?). [L., it does not follow.] (Logic) An inference
||which does not follow from the premises.
Non*sex"u*al (?), a. Having no distinction of sex; sexless; neuter.
Non*slave"hold`ing (?), a. Not possessing or holding slaves; as, a
nonslaveholding State.
Non`so*lu"tion (?), n. Failure of solution or explanation.
Non*sol"ven*cy (?), n. Inability to pay debts; insolvency.
Non*sol"vent (?), a. Not solvent; insolvent.
Non*sol"vent, n. An insolvent.
Non*so"nant (?), a. Not sonant. -- n. A nonsonant or nonvocal
consonant.
Non*spar"ing (?), a. Sparing none.
Non*stri"a*ted (?), a. (Nat. Hist.) Without striations; unstriped; as,
nonstriated muscle fibers.
Non`sub*mis"sion (?), n. Want of submission; failure or refusal to
submit.
Non`sub*mis"sive (?), a. Not submissive.
Non"such (?), n. See Nonesuch.
Non"suit` (?), n. (Law) A neglect or failure by the plaintiff to follow
up his suit; a stopping of the suit; a renunciation or withdrawal of
the cause by the plaintiff, either because he is satisfied that he can
not support it, or upon the judge's expressing his opinion. A
compulsory nonsuit is a nonsuit ordered by the court on the ground that
the plaintiff on his own showing has not made out his case.
Non"suit`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nonsuited; p. pr. & vb. n. Nonsuiting.]
(Law) To determine, adjudge, or record (a plaintiff) as having dropped
his suit, upon his withdrawal or failure to follow it up. "When two are
joined in a writ, and one is nonsuited." Z. Swift.
Non"suit`, a. Nonsuited. D. A. Tyng.