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nondescript
[
non-di-
skript
]
Origin
non·de·script
/
ˌnɒn
dɪˈskrɪpt
/
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non-di-
skript
]
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adjective
1.
of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind:
a nondescript novel; a nondescript color.
2.
undistinguished or uninteresting; dull or insipid:
The private detective deliberately wore nondescript clothes.
noun
3.
a person or a thing of no particular or notable type or kind.
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Nondescript
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a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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Origin:
1675–85;
non-
+
Latin
dēscrīptus
(past participle of
dēscrībere
to describe, define, represent;
see
describe
)
Synonyms
1.
undistinctive, usual, ordinary, unexceptional.
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nondescript
(ˈnɒndɪˌskrɪpt)
—
adj
1.
lacking distinct or individual characteristics; having no outstanding features
—
n
2.
a nondescript person or thing
[C17: from
non-
+ Latin
dēscriptus,
past participle of
dēscribere
to copy,
describe
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Word Origin & History
nondescript
1683, "not hitherto described," in scientific usage, coined from non- + L. descriptus, pp. of describere (see
describe
). Sense of "not easily described or classified" is from 1806.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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