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Non Sequitur (A)

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A conclusion which does not follow from the premises stated.

“The name began with B and ended with G. Perhaps it was Waters.”—Dickens: Nicholas Nickleby, p 198.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Nominalists
Non Angli sed Angeli, si forent Christiani
Non Bis in Idem (Latin)
Non-Com. (A)
Non Compos Mentis or Non Com
Non Con
Non Est
Non mi Recordo
Non Plus (“no more” can be said on the subject)
Non Pros
Non Sequitur (A)
Nonce
Nonconformists
Nones
Nonjurors
Nonne Prestes Tale
Nor
Norfolk
Norfolk-Howards
Norfolk Street (Strand)
Norma