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Definition of Nontruth
1. something that is not true [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nontruth
Literary usage of Nontruth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Moral Monitor, Or, A Collection of Essays on Various Subjects by Nathan Fiske (1801)
"... Can truth and nontruth equal play* If you inclin'd to make a ldt, God, friend
nor foe, you would not ..."
2. Wine and Walnuts, Or, After Dinner Chit-chat by William Henry Pyne (1823)
"I would not tell thee an nontruth, gentlemen, but that fellow be the life and
soul o' the parish. He has the finest pipe in the quire at our church; ..."
3. The Foundations of US Air Doctrine: The Problem of Friction in War by Barry D. Watts (1984)
"... there are two possibilities: the procedure may identify the formula in question
as a nontruth in a finite number of steps; or it may go on forever, ..."
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