classic drama of Japan, developed chiefly in the 14th century, employing verse, prose, choral song, and dance in highly conventionalized formal and thematic patterns derived from religious sources and folk myths.
No 1 also NohAudio Help (nō) Pronunciation Key
n.
The classical drama of Japan, with music and dance performed in a highly stylized manner by elaborately dressed performers on an almost bare stage.
[Japanese nō, talent, ability, No, from Middle Chinese nəŋ.]
no·bel·i·umAudio Help (nō-běl'ē-əm) Pronunciation Key
n.
Symbol No
A radioactive transuranic element in the actinide series with atomic number 102, artificially produced in trace amounts. Its most long-lived isotopes are No 254 with a half-life of 55 seconds, No 253 with a half-life of 1.7 minutes, No 255 with a half-life of 3.1 minutes, and No 259 with a half-life of 58 minutes. See Table at element.
"negative reply," c.1225, from O.E. na (adv.) "never, no," from ne "not, no" + a "ever," from P.Gmc. *ne (cf. O.N., O.Fris., O.H.G. ne, Goth. ni "not"), from PIE base *ne- "no, not" (see un-). Second element from PIE *aiw- "vital force, life, long life, eternity" (see aye (2)). As an adj. meaning "not any" (c.1200) it is reduced from O.E. nan (see none), the final -n omitted first before consonants and then altogether. No-no (n.) first attested 1942. No problem as an interjection of assurance, first attested 1963. Phrase no can do "it is not possible" is attested from 1914.
quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns for indicating a complete or almost complete lack or zero quantity of; "we have no bananas"; "no eggs left and no money to buy any"; "have you no decency?"; "did it with no help"; "I'll get you there in no time" [ant: all, some]
adverb
1.
referring to the degree to which a certain quality is present; "he was no heavier than a child"
2.
not in any degree or manner; not at all; "he is no better today"
3.
used to express refusal or denial or disagreement etc or especially to emphasize a negative statement; "no, you are wrong"
noun
1.
a negative; "his no was loud and clear" [ant: yes]
2.
a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding curium with carbon ions; 7 isotopes are known [syn: nobelium]
not any Example: We have no food; No other person could have done it.
Arabic:
لا، أي
Chinese (Simplified):
没有
Chinese (Traditional):
沒有
Czech:
žádný
Danish:
ingen
Dutch:
geen
Estonian:
mitte sugugi, mitte ükski
Finnish:
ei yhtään, ei kukaan
French:
pas de, aucun
German:
kein
Greek:
καθόλου, κανένας
Hungarian:
semmi
Icelandic:
enginn
Indonesian:
tidak ada
Italian:
nessuno, non
Japanese:
ない
Korean:
하나도 …없는, 조금도 …아닌
Latvian:
nekāds; neviens
Lithuanian:
joks, nė vienas
Norwegian:
ingen, ikke noe(n)
Polish:
żaden
Portuguese (Brazil):
nenhum
Portuguese (Portugal):
nenhum
Romanian:
nici un, nici o
Russian:
нет
Slovak:
žiadny
Slovenian:
noben
Spanish:
ninguno
Swedish:
ingen, inte någon
Turkish:
yok
no2[nəu]adjective
not allowed Example: No smoking.
Arabic:
غَيْر مَسْموح، مَمْنوع
Chinese (Simplified):
不许
Chinese (Traditional):
不許
Czech:
zákaz (čeho)
Danish:
forbudt
Dutch:
niet
Estonian:
keelatud
Finnish:
kielletty
French:
défense de
German:
verboten
Greek:
που απαγορεύεται
Hungarian:
tilos
Icelandic:
bannaður
Indonesian:
dilarang
Italian:
divieto di*
Japanese:
禁止
Korean:
…해서는 안 되는
Latvian:
(izsaka aizliegumu)
Lithuanian:
draudžiama, negalima
Norwegian:
ikke tillatt
Polish:
wzbronione
Portuguese (Brazil):
proibido
Portuguese (Portugal):
proibido
Romanian:
interzis
Russian:
нельзя; не
Slovak:
zákaz (čoho)
Slovenian:
prepovedan
Spanish:
prohibido
Swedish:
förbjuden
Turkish:
…-mek yasaktır, yapılmaz, *edilmez, *olmaz
no3[nəu]adjective
not a Example: He is no friend of mine; This will be no easy task.
Arabic:
لَيْس، لَن يكون
Chinese (Simplified):
决非
Chinese (Traditional):
決非
Czech:
žádný, nijak
Danish:
ingen; ikke nogen
Dutch:
geen
Estonian:
mitte mingi
Finnish:
ei mikään
French:
ne pas, aucun
German:
kein
Greek:
δεν είναι
Hungarian:
nem …
Icelandic:
enginn, ekki
Indonesian:
bukan
Italian:
non
Japanese:
～どころでない
Korean:
결코 …아니다
Latvian:
nekāds
Lithuanian:
joks, ne toks jau
Norwegian:
ingen, ikke noe(n)
Polish:
żaden
Portuguese (Brazil):
não
Portuguese (Portugal):
nenhum
Romanian:
nu
Russian:
не
Slovak:
žiadny, nijaký
Slovenian:
noben
Spanish:
ningún
Swedish:
ingen, inte någon
Turkish:
hiç…değil
no[nəu]adverb
not (any) Example: He is no better at golf than swimming; He went as far as the shop and no further.
Arabic:
ليسَ
Chinese (Simplified):
并不
Chinese (Traditional):
並不
Czech:
ne
Danish:
ikke
Dutch:
niet
Estonian:
mitte (sugugi)
Finnish:
ei yhtään
French:
pas, non
German:
nicht
Greek:
καθόλου
Hungarian:
nem …
Icelandic:
ekkert; engu
Indonesian:
tidak
Italian:
non
Japanese:
～でない
Korean:
아니다, 조금도 …않다
Latvian:
ne; ne kā
Lithuanian:
ne, nė kiek ne
Norwegian:
ikke (noe)
Polish:
(bynajmniej) nie
Portuguese (Brazil):
não
Portuguese (Portugal):
não
Romanian:
nu
Russian:
не; нисколько не
Slovak:
nie
Slovenian:
nič
Spanish:
no
Swedish:
inte
Turkish:
hiç de daha…değil, yok
no[nəu]interjection
a word used for denying, disagreeing, refusing etc Example: `Do you like travelling?' `No, (I don't).'; No, I don't agree; `Will you help me?' `No, I won't.'
Arabic:
لا!: كَلِمَة للتَّعبير عَن عَدَم المُوافَقَه
Chinese (Simplified):
（用以表示否定的回答）不
Chinese (Traditional):
(用以表示否定的回答)不
Czech:
ne
Danish:
nej
Dutch:
nee
Estonian:
ei
Finnish:
ei
French:
non
German:
nein
Greek:
όχι (επιφ.)
Hungarian:
nem
Icelandic:
nei
Indonesian:
tidak
Italian:
no
Japanese:
いいえ
Korean:
아니다
Latvian:
nē
Lithuanian:
ne
Norwegian:
nei
Polish:
nie
Portuguese (Brazil):
não
Portuguese (Portugal):
não
Romanian:
nu
Russian:
нет
Slovak:
nie
Slovenian:
ne
Spanish:
no
Swedish:
nej
Turkish:
hayır
no1[nəu]noun plural
noes a refusal Example: She answered with a definite no.
Arabic:
رَفْض قاطِع
Chinese (Simplified):
不
Chinese (Traditional):
不
Czech:
ne
Danish:
nej
Dutch:
nee
Estonian:
ei
Finnish:
kielto
French:
non
German:
das Nein
Greek:
όχι, άρνηση
Icelandic:
nei, neitun
Indonesian:
tidak
Italian:
no
Latvian:
noliegums; atteikums
Lithuanian:
neigiamas atsakymas, nesutikimas, ne
Norwegian:
nei, avslag
Polish:
nie
Portuguese (Portugal):
não
Romanian:
nu
Russian:
отказ
Slovak:
nie
Slovenian:
ne
Spanish:
no
Swedish:
nej
Turkish:
'hayır' cevabı, 'yok' cevabı
no2[nəu]noun plural
a vote against something Example: The noes have won.
nobeliumAudio Help (nō-běl'ē-əm) Pronunciation Key Symbol No
A synthetic, radioactive metallic element in the actinide series that is produced by bombarding curium with carbon ions. Its longest-lived isotope is No 255 with a half-life of 3.1 minutes. Atomic number 102. See Periodic Table.
Naught\, n. [OE. naught, nought, naht, nawiht, AS. n?wiht, n?uht, n?ht; ne not + ? ever + wiht thing, whit; hence, not ever a whit. See No, adv. Whit, and cf. Aught, Not.]1. Nothing. [Written also nought.] Doth Job fear God for naught? --Job i. 9. 2. The arithmetical character 0; a cipher. See Cipher. To set at naught, to treat as of no account; to disregard; to despise; to defy; to treat with ignominy. "Ye have set at naught all my counsel." --Prov. i. 25.
Nay\, adv. [Icel. nei; akin to E. no. See No, adv.]1. No; -- a negative answer to a question asked, or a request made, now superseded by no. See Yes. And eke when I say "ye," ne say not "nay." --Chaucer. I tell you nay; but except ye repent, ye shall all likewisr perish. --Luke xiii. 3. And now do they thrust us out privily? nay, verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out. --Acts xvi. 37. He that will not when he may, When he would he shall have nay. --Old Prov. Note: Before the time of Henry VIII. nay was used to answer simple questions, and no was used when the form of the question involved a negative expression; nay was the simple form, no the emphatic. --Skeat. 2. Not this merely, but also; not only so, but; -- used to mark the addition or substitution of a more explicit or more emphatic phrase. Note: Nay in this sense may be interchanged with yea. "Were he my brother, nay, my kingdom's heir." --Shak.
Ne\, adv. [AS. ne. See No.] Not; never. [Obs.] He never yet no villany ne said. --Chaucer. Note: Ne was formerly used as the universal adverb of negation, and survives in certain compounds, as never (= ne ever) and none (= ne one). Other combinations, now obsolete, will be found in the Vocabulary, as nad, nam, nil. See Negative, 2.
Ne*fa"ri*ous\, a. [L. nefarius, fr. nefas crime, wrong; ne not + fas divine law; akin to fari to speak. See No, adv., and Fate.] Wicked in the extreme; abominable; iniquitous; atrociously villainous; execrable; detestably vile. Syn: Iniquitous; detestable; horrible; heinious; atrocious; infamous; impious. See Iniquitous. -- Ne*fa"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Ne*fa"ri*ous*ness, n.
Ne*ga"tion\, n. [L. negatio, fr. negare to say no, to deny; ne not + the root of aio I say; cf. Gr. ?, Skr. ah to say; cf. F. n['e]gation. See No, adv., and cf. Adage, Deny, Renegade.]1. The act of denying; assertion of the nonreality or untruthfulness of anything; declaration that something is not, or has not been, or will not be; denial; -- the opposite of affirmation. Our assertions and negations should be yea and nay. --Rogers. 2. (Logic) Description or definition by denial, exclusion, or exception; statement of what a thing is not, or has not, from which may be inferred what it is or has.
Neg*lect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Neglected; p. pr. & vb. n. Neglecting.] [L. neglectus, p. p. of neglegere (negligere) to disregard, neglect, the literal sense prob. neing, not to pick up; nec not, nor (fr. ne not + -que, a particle akin to Goth. -h, -uh, and prob. to E. who; cf. Goth. nih nor) + L. legere to pick up, gather. See No, adv., Legend, Who.]1. Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to disregard; to slight; as, to neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay debts. I hope My absence doth neglect no great designs. --Shak. This, my long suffering and my day of grace, Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste. --Milton. 2. To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight; as, to neglect strangers. Syn: To slight; overlook; disregard; disesteem; contemn. See Slight.
Nei"ther\ (? or ?; 277), a. [OE. neiter, nother, nouther, AS. n[=a]w?er, n[=a]hw[ae]?er; n[=a] never, not + hw[ae]?er whether. The word has followed the form of either. See No, and Whether, and cf. Neuter, Nor.] Not either; not the one or the other. Which of them shall I take? Both? one? or neither? Neither can be enjoyed, If both remain alive. --Shak. He neither loves, Nor either cares for him. --Shak.
Neu"ter\, a. [L., fr. ne not + uter whether; akin to E. whether. See No, and Whether, and cf. Neither.]1. Neither the one thing nor the other; on neither side; impartial; neutral. [Archaic] In all our undertakings God will be either our friend or our enemy; for Providence never stands neuter. --South. 2. (Gram.) (a) Having a form belonging more especially to words which are not appellations of males or females; expressing or designating that which is of neither sex; as, a neuter noun; a neuter termination; the neuter gender. (b) Intransitive; as, a neuter verb. 3. (Biol.) Having no generative organs, or imperfectly developed ones; sexless. See Neuter, n., 3.
Nice\, a. [Compar. Nicer; superl. Nicest.] [OE., foolish, fr. OF. nice ignorant, fool, fr. L. nescius ignorant; ne not + scius knowing, scire to know. perhaps influenced by E. nesh delicate, soft. See No, and Science.]1. Foolish; silly; simple; ignorant; also, weak; effeminate. [Obs.] --Gower. But say that we ben wise and nothing nice. --Chaucer. 2. Of trifling moment; nimportant; trivial. [Obs.] The letter was not nice, but full of charge Of dear import. --Shak. 3. Overscrupulous or exacting; hard to please or satisfy; fastidious in small matters. Curious not knowing, not exact but nice. --Pope. And to taste Think not I shall be nice. --Milton. 4. Delicate; refined; dainty; pure. Dear love, continue nice and chaste. --Donne. A nice and subtile happiness. --Milton. 5. Apprehending slight differences or delicate distinctions; distinguishing accurately or minutely; carefully discriminating; as, a nice taste or judgment. "Our author happy in a judge so nice." --Pope. "Nice verbal criticism." --Coleridge. 6. Done or made with careful labor; suited to excite admiration on account of exactness; evidencing great skill; exact; fine; finished; as, nice proportions, nice workmanship, a nice application; exactly or fastidiously discriminated; requiring close discrimination; as, a nice point of law, a nice distinction in philosophy. The difference is too nice Where ends the virtue, or begins the vice. --Pope. 7. Pleasing; agreeable; gratifying; delightful; good; as, a nice party; a nice excursion; a nice person; a nice day; a nice sauce, etc. [Loosely & Colloquially] To make nice of, to be scrupulous about. [Obs.] --Shak. Syn: Dainty; delicate; exquisite; fine; accurate; exact; correct; precise; particular; scrupulous; punctilious; fastidious; squeamish; finical; effeminate; silly.
Nill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Nilling.] [AS. nilan, nyllan; ne not + willan to will. See No, and Will.] Not to will; to refuse; to reject. [Obs.] Certes, said he, I nill thine offered grace. --Spenser.
Ni"tric\, a. [Cf. F. nitrique. See Niter.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen; specifically, designating any one of those compounds in which, as contrasted with nitrous compounds, the element has a higher valence; as, nitric oxide; nitric acid. Nitric acid, a colorless or yellowish liquid obtained by distilling a nitrate with sulphuric acid. It is powerfully corrosive, being a strong acid, and in decomposition a strong oxidizer. Nitric anhydride, a white crystalline oxide of nitrogen (N2O5), called nitric pentoxide, and regarded as the anhydride of nitric acid. Nitric oxide, a colorless poisous gas (NO) obtained by treating nitric acid with copper. On contact with the air or with oxygen, it becomes reddish brown from the formation of nitric dioxide or peroxide.
Ni*tro"syl\, n. [Nitroso- + -yl.] (Chem.) the radical NO, called also the nitroso group. The term is sometimes loosely used to designate certain nitro compounds; as, nitrosyl sulphuric acid. Used also adjectively.
No\, a. [OE. no, non, the same word as E. none; cf. E. a, an. See None.] Not any; not one; none. Let there be no strife . . . between me and thee. --Gen. xiii. 8. That goodness is no name, and happiness no dream. --Byron. Note: In Old England before a vowel the form non or noon was used. "No man." "Noon apothercary." --Chaucer.
No\, adv. [OE. no, na, AS. n[=a]; ne not + [=a] ever. AS. ne is akin to OHG. ni, Goth. ni, Russ. ne, Ir., Gael. & W. ni, L. ne, gr. nh (in comp.), Skr. na, and also to E. prefix un-. [root] 193. See Aye, and cf. Nay, Not, Nice, Nefarious.] Nay; not; not at all; not in any respect or degree; -- a word expressing negation, denial, or refusal. Before or after another negative, no is emphatic. We do no otherwise than we are willed. --Shak. I am perplx'd and doubtful whether or no I dare accept this your congratulation. --Coleridge. There is none righteous, no, not one. --Rom. iii. 10. No! Nay, Heaven forbid. --Coleridge.
No\, n.; pl. Noes. 1. A refusal by use of the wordd no; a denial. 2. A negative vote; one who votes in the negative; as, to call for the ayes and noes; the noes have it.
None\, a. & pron. [OE. none, non, nan, no, na, AS. n[=a]n, fr. ne not + [=a]n one. ?. See No, a. & adv., One, and cf. Non-, Null, a.]1. No one; not one; not anything; -- frequently used also partitively, or as a plural, not any. There is none that doeth good; no, not one. --Ps. xiv. 3. Six days ye shall gather it, but on the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, in it there shall be none. --Ex. xvi. 26. Terms of peace yet none Vouchsafed or sought. --Milton. None of their productions are extant. --Blair. 2. No; not any; -- used adjectively before a vowel, in old style; as, thou shalt have none assurance of thy life. None of, not at all; not; nothing of; -- used emphatically. "They knew that I was none of the register that entered their admissions in the universities." --Fuller. None-so-pretty (Bot.), the Saxifraga umbrosa. See London pride (a), under London.
Null\, a. [L. nullus not any, none; ne not + ullus any, a dim. of unus one; cf. F. nul. See No, and One, and cf. None.] Of no legal or binding force or validity; of no efficacy; invalid; void; nugatory; useless. Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, Dead perfection; no more. --Tennyson.
Yes\, adv. [OE. yis, [yogh]is, [yogh]es, [yogh]ise, AS. gese, gise; probably fr. ge['a] yea + sw[=a] so. [root]188. See Yea, and So.] Ay; yea; -- a word which expresses affirmation or consent; -- opposed to no. Note: Yes is used, like yea, to enforce, by repetition or addition, something which precedes; as, you have done all this -- yes, you have done more. "Yes, you despise the man books confined." --Pope. Note: "The fine distinction between `yea' and `yes,' `nay' and `no,' that once existed in English, has quite disappeared. `Yea' and `nay' in Wyclif's time, and a good deal later, were the answers to questions framed in the affirmative. `Will he come?' To this it would have been replied, `Yea' or `Nay', as the case might be. But, `Will he not come?' To this the answer would have been `Yes' or `No.' Sir Thomas More finds fault with Tyndale, that in his translation of the Bible he had not observed this distinction, which was evidently therefore going out even then, that is, in the reign of Henry VIII.; and shortly after it was quite forgotten." --Trench.
or No-A'mon, the home of Amon, the name of Thebes, the ancient capital of what is called the Middle Empire, in Upper or Southern Egypt. "The multitude of No" (Jer. 46:25) is more correctly rendered, as in the Revised Version, "Amon of No", i.e., No, where Jupiter Amon had his temple. In Ezek. 30:14, 16 it is simply called "No;" but in ver. 15 the name has the Hebrew Hamon prefixed to it, "Hamon No." This prefix is probably the name simply of the god usually styled Amon or Ammon. In Nah. 3:8 the "populous No" of the Authorized Version is in the Revised Version correctly rendered "No-Amon." It was the Diospolis or Thebes of the Greeks, celebrated for its hundred gates and its vast population. It stood on both sides of the Nile, and is by some supposed to have included Karnak and Luxor. In grandeur and extent it can only be compared to Nineveh. It is mentioned only in the prophecies referred to, which point to its total destruction. It was first taken by the Assyrians in the time of Sargon (Isa. 20). It was afterwards "delivered into the hand" of Nebuchadnezzar and Assurbani-pal (Jer. 46:25, 26). Cambyses, king of the Persians (B.C. 525), further laid it waste by fire. Its ruin was completed (B.C. 81) by Ptolemy Lathyrus. The ruins of this city are still among the most notable in the valley of the Nile. They have formed a great storehouse of interesting historic remains for more than two thousand years. "As I wandered day after day with ever-growing amazement amongst these relics of ancient magnificence, I felt that if all the ruins in Europe, classical, Celtic, and medieval, were brought together into one centre, they would fall far short both in extent and grandeur of those of this single Egyptian city." Manning, The Land of the Pharaohs.
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