Nosocomial Nos`o·co"mi·al adjective [ Latin
nosocomium a hospital, Greek ...; ... disease + ... to attend to.]
Of or pertaining to a hospital; as, nosocomial atmosphere. Dunglison.
Nosography No·sog"ra·phy noun [ Greek ... disease +
-graphy : confer French
nosographie .]
A description or classification of diseases.
Nosological Nos`o·log"ic·al adjective [ Confer French
nosologique .]
Of or pertaining to nosology.
Nosologist No·sol"o·gist noun [ Confer French
nosologiste .]
One versed in nosology.
Nosology No·sol"o·gy noun [ Greek ... disease +
-logy : confer French
nosologie .]
1. A systematic arrangement, or classification, of diseases. 2. That branch of medical science which treats of diseases, or of the classification of diseases.
Nosophen Nos"o·phen noun [
Nose +
phenol ; orig. used for affections of the nose.]
(Pharm.) An iodine compound obtained as a yellowish gray, odorless, tasteless powder by the action of iodine on phenolphthalein.
Nosophobia Nos`o·pho"bi·a noun [ New Latin ; ... disease + ... fear.]
(Medicine) Morbid dread of disease.
Nosopoetic Nos`o·po·et"ic adjective [ Greek ... disease + ... productive, from ... to make.]
Producing diseases. [ R.]
Arbuthnot.
Nost Nost [ Contr. from ne wost .] Wottest not; knowest not. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
Nostalgia Nos·tal"gi·a noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... a return home + ... pain.]
(Medicine) Homesickness; esp., a severe and sometimes fatal form of melancholia, due to homesickness.
Nostalgic Nos·tal"gic adjective [ Confer French
nostalgique .]
Of or pertaining to nostalgia; affected with nostalgia.
Nostalgy Nos·tal"gy noun Same as Nostalgia .
Nostoc Nos"toc noun [ French]
(Botany) A genus of algæ. The plants are composed of moniliform cells imbedded in a gelatinous substance. »
Nostoc commune is found on the ground, and is ordinarily not seen; but after a rain it swells up into a conspicuous jellylike mass, whish was formerly supposed to have fallen from the sky, whence the popular names,
fallen star and
star jelly . Also called
witches' butter .
Nostril Nos"tril noun [ Middle English
nosethril ,
nosethirl , Anglo-Saxon
nospyrl ;
nos for
nosu nose +
pyrel opening, hole, from
pyrel pierced, for
pyrhel , from
purh through. ... See
Nose , and
Through , and confer
Thrill .]
1. (Anat.) One of the external openings of the nose, which give passage to the air breathed and to secretions from the nose and eyes; one of the anterior nares. » In sperm whales, porpoises, and allied animals, there is only one nostril, which is situated on the top of the head and called a
spiracle .
2. Perception; insight; acuteness. [ Obsolete]
Methinks a man
Of your sagacity and clear nostril should
Have made another choice.
B. Jonson.
Nostrum Nos"trum (-trŭm)
noun ;
plural Nostrums (-trŭmz). [ Neut. sing. of Latin
noster ours, from
nos we. See
Us .]
1. A medicine, the ingredients of which are kept secret for the purpose of restricting the profits of sale to the inventor or proprietor; a quack medicine. 2. Any scheme or device proposed by a quack. The incentives of agitators, the arts of impostors and the nostrums of quacks.
Brougham.
Not Not [ Contr. from ne wot . See 2d Note .] Wot not; know not; knows not. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
Not Not adjective Shorn; shaven. [ Obsolete] See
Nott .
Not Not adverb [ Middle English
not ,
noht ,
nought ,
naught , the same word as English
naught . See
Naught .]
A word used to express negation, prohibition, denial, or refusal. Not one word spake he more than was need.
Chaucer. Thou shalt not steal.
Ex. xx. 15. Thine eyes are upon me, and I am not .
Job vii. 8. The question is, may I do it, or may I not do it?
Bp. Sanderson. Not . . . but , or
Not but ,
only. [ Obsolete or Colloq.]
Chaucer.
Not-pated, Nott-pated Not"-pat`ed, Nott"-pat`ed adjective Same as Nott-headed . [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Notabilia No`ta·bil"i·a noun plural [ Neut. plural of Latin
notabilis notable.]
Things worthy of notice.
Notability Not`a·bil"i·ty noun ;
plural Notabilities . [ Confer French
notabilité .]
1. Quality of being notable. 2. A notable, or remarkable, person or thing; a person of note. "Parisian
notabilities "
Carlyle. 3. A notable saying. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Notable Not"a·ble adjective [ French
notable , Latin
notabilis , from
notare to mark,
nota mark, note. See 5th
Note .]
1. Capable of being noted; noticeable; plan; evident. 2. Worthy of notice; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished; as, a notable event, person. »
Notable in the sense of
careful ,
thrifty ,
characterized by thrift and capacity (as, a
notable housekeeper) is pronounced by many good orthoëpists, nŏt"ȧ*b'l, the derivatives
notableness , and
notably , being also similarly pronounced with short
o in the first syllable.
3. Well-known; notorious. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Notable Not"a·ble noun 1. A person, or thing, of distinction. 2. (French Hist.) One of a number of persons, before the revolution of 1789, chiefly of the higher orders, appointed by the king to constitute a representative body.
Notableness Not"a·ble·ness noun The quality of being notable.
Notably Not"a·bly adverb In a notable manner.
Notal No"tal adjective [ Greek ... the back.]
Of or pertaining to the back; dorsal.
Notandum No·tan"dum noun ;
plural Notanda . [ Latin , from
notare to observe.]
A thing to be noted or observed; a notable fact; -- chiefly used in the plural.
Notarial No·ta"ri·al adjective [ Confer French
notarial .]
Of or pertaining to a notary; done or taken by a notary; as, a notarial seal; notarial evidence or attestation.
Notarially No·ta"ri·al·ly adverb In a notarial manner.
Notary No"ta·ry noun ;
plural Notaries . [ French
notaire , Latin
notarius notary (in sense 1), from
nota mark. See 5th
Note .]
1. One who records in shorthand what is said or done; as, the notary of an ecclesiastical body. 2. (Eng. & Am. Law) A public officer who attests or certifies deeds and other writings, or copies of them, usually under his official seal, to make them authentic, especially in foreign countries. His duties chiefly relate to instruments used in commercial transactions, such as protests of negotiable paper, ship's papers in cases of loss, damage, etc. He is generally called a notary public .
Notate No"tate adjective [ Latin
notatus marked, past participle of
notare to mark. See 5th
Note .]
(Botany) Marked with spots or lines, which are often colored. Henslow.
Notation No·ta"tion noun [ Latin
notatio a marking, observing, etymology, from
notare to mark,
nota a mark: confer French
notation . See 5th
Note .]
1. The act or practice of recording anything by marks, figures, or characters. 2. Any particular system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in art or science, to express briefly technical facts, quantities, etc. Esp., the system of figures, letters, and signs used in arithmetic and algebra to express number, quantity, or operations. 3. Literal or etymological signification. [ Obsolete]
"Conscience" is a Latin word, and, according to the very notation of it, imports a double or joint knowledge.
South.
Notch Notch noun [ Akin to
nock ; confer OD.
nock , OSw.
nocka . Confer
Nick a notch.]
1. A hollow cut in anything; a nick; an indentation. And on the stick ten equal notches makes.
Swift. 2. A narrow passage between two elevation; a deep, close pass; a defile; as, the notch of a mountain.
Notch Notch transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Notched ;
present participle & verbal noun Notching .]
1. To cut or make notches in ; to indent; also, to score by notches; as, to notch a stick. 2. To fit the notch of (an arrow) to the string. God is all sufferance; here he doth show
No arrow notched , only a stringless bow.
Herrick.
Notchboard Notch"board` noun (Carp.) The board which receives the ends of the steps in a staircase.
Notching Notch"ing noun 1. The act of making notches; the act of cutting into small hollows. 2. The small hollow, or hollows, cut; a notch or notches. 3. (Carp.) A method of joining timbers, scantling, etc., by notching them, as at the ends, and overlapping or interlocking the notched portions. 4. (Engineering) A method of excavating, as in a bank, by a series of cuttings side by side. See also Gulleting .
Notchweed Notch"weed` noun (Botany) A foul-smelling weed, the stinking goosefoot ( Chenopodium Vulvaria ).
Note Note transitive verb [ Anglo-Saxon
hnītan to strike against, imperfect
hnāt .]
To butt; to push with the horns. [ Prov. Eng.]
Note Note [ Anglo-Saxon nāt ; ne not + wāt wot. See Not , and Wot .] Know not; knows not. [ Obsolete]
Note Note noun Nut. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Note Note noun [ Anglo-Saxon
notu use, profit.]
Need; needful business. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Note Note noun [ French
note , Latin
nota ; akin to
noscere ,
notum , to know. See
Know .]
1. A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality. Whosoever appertain to the visible body of the church, they have also the notes of external profession.
Hooker. She [ the Anglican church] has the note of possession, the note of freedom from party titles,the note of life -- a tough life and a vigorous.
J. H. Newman. What a note of youth, of imagination, of impulsive eagerness, there was through it all !
Mrs. Humphry Ward. 2. A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence. 3. A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation. The best writers have been perplexed with notes , and obscured with illustrations.
Felton. 4. A brief writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute. 5. plural Hence, a writing intended to be used in speaking; memoranda to assist a speaker, being either a synopsis, or the full text of what is to be said; as, to preach from notes ; also, a reporter's memoranda; the original report of a speech or of proceedings. 6. A short informal letter; a billet. 7. A diplomatic missive or written communication. 8. A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment; as, a promissory note ; a note of hand; a negotiable note . 9. A list of items or of charges; an account. [ Obsolete]
Here is now the smith's note for shoeing.
Shak. 10. (Mus.) (a) A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch. Hence: (b) A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune. (c) A key of the piano or organ. The wakeful bird . . . tunes her nocturnal note .
Milton. That note of revolt against the eighteenth century, which we detect in Goethe, was struck by Winckelmann.
W. Pater. 11. Observation; notice; heed. Give orders to my servants that they take
No note at all of our being absent hence.
Shak. 12. Notification; information; intelligence. [ Obsolete]
The king . . . shall have note of this.
Shak. 13. State of being under observation. [ Obsolete]
Small matters . . . continually in use and in note .
Bacon. 14. Reputation; distinction; as, a poet of note . There was scarce a family of note which had not poured out its blood on the field or the scaffold.
Prescott. 15. Stigma; brand; reproach. [ Obsolete]
Shak. Note of hand ,
a promissory note.
Note Note transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Noted ;
present participle & verbal noun Noting .] [ French
noter , Latin
notare , from
nota . See
Note ,
noun ]
1. To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed; to attend to. Pope. No more of that; I have noted it well.
Shak. 2. To record in writing; to make a memorandum of. Every unguarded word . . . was noted down.
Maccaulay. 3. To charge, as with crime (with of or for before the thing charged); to brand. [ Obsolete]
They were both noted of incontinency.
Dryden. 4. To denote; to designate. Johnson. 5. To annotate. [ R.]
W. H. Dixon. 6. To set down in musical characters. To note a bill or
draft ,
to record on the back of it a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary.
Note paper Note" pa`per Writing paper, not exceeding in size, when folded once, five by eight inches.
Notebook Note"book` noun 1. A book in which notes or memorandums are written. 2. A book in which notes of hand are registered.
Noted Not"ed adjective Well known by reputation or report; eminent; celebrated; as, a noted author, or traveler. --
Not"ed*ly ,
adverb --
Not"ed*ness ,
noun
Noteful Note"ful adjective Useful. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Noteless Note"less adjective Not attracting notice; not conspicuous. Noteless as the race from which he sprung.
Sir W. Scott.
Notelessness Note"less·ness noun A state of being noteless.
Notelet Note"let noun A little or short note; a billet.
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