Nŏn, adv.

[Lat. non, O. Lat. nœnu, nēnu, nœnum, nēnum, from ne-œnum, or ne-unum, not one. Cf. NIHILISM and Nor.] Not;—used in the English language as a prefix, generally and properly to substantives and verbs only, giving them a negative sense, ordering and varying their meaning, as do the prefixes un and in those of adjectives; as, non-residence, non-performance; also, in some cases, prefixed to adjectives; as, non-acid, non-electric.