Definition of Non-U

1. Adjective. Not characteristic of the upper classes especially in language use.


Definition of Non-U

1. Adjective. (chiefly British) not U; not characteristic of the upper classes, particularly regarding language. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Non-U

non-
non-Bayesian
non-Catholic
non-Christian priest
non-Euclidean
non-Euclidean geometries
non-Euclidean geometry
non-Gaussian
non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
non-Japanese
non-Jew
non-Muslim
non-Newtonian
non-Newtonian fluid
non-PKU hyperphenylalaninaemia
non-U (current term)
non-Western
non-Witness
non-ablative
non-accredited
non-addicting
non-affiliated
non-agenda
non-agricultural
non-alcoholic
non-aligned
non-allergenic
non-apologies
non-apology
non-arcon articulator

Literary usage of Non-U

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Capital (1888)
"The ne» book contains a glossary of U ш non-U terms now in common use. and I leave the reader to judge which is the one in brackets. ..."

2. Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American Or English Jurisprudence by Benjamin Vaughan Abbott (1879)
"Administration de bonis non U granted when the first administrator die» before he has ... non U ..."

3. Logic: In Three Books, of Thought, of Investigation, and of Knowledge by Hermann Lotze (1888)
"... stopping say at U and non-U: but this is seldom of any use; for even if we easily find separate proofs for the positive kinds of cases QRU, ..."

4. A Dictionary for Primary Schools by Noah Webster (1833)
"Non-u'-sance, n. neglect of use Non-u'-ser, n. neglect of use. Noo'-dle, n. a simpleton. '"•»».' I-. n. a corner. Noon, n. middle of the day twelve o'clock. ..."

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