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单词 non le
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non Leadj.

Brit. /nɒn ˈliː/, U.S. /nɑn ˈli/
Forms: 1600s non-lee, 1900s– non Le (historical).
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: non- prefix, Le n.
Etymology: < non- prefix + Le n.
rare. Now historical.
At Oxford and Cambridge Universities: designating a day of rest, a holiday. Cf. non dis. adj.
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society > leisure > [noun] > a period of > day or night
holidaya1400
play-day1558
playing day1575
non Le1636
whole holiday1753
rest day1800
Sunday out1837
day off1853
evening out1870
stop-day1879
night off1885
night out1890
off1926
1636 P. Heylyn Hist. Sabbath ii. 114 [That] the Lords day..should be a non-lee day, a day of rest and ease unto them.
1792 tr. A. Wood Hist. & Antiq. Univ. Oxf. I. 58 The ancient Calendars..wherein the days of the year are distinguished by Le and non Le, dis and non dis.
1845 tr. in G. R. M. Ward Oxf. Univ. Statutes I. p. xxxvi In the Old Calendar..the inauspicious days of the University..meaning those on which lectures and disputations were not usually held, were..marked with ‘Le; Le Fe; Non Le; Dis; Non Dis’.
1904 C. Wordsworth Anc. Kal. Oxf. Univ. 181 There were in old times many holy days which intervened to stop lectures, and these were accordingly called non Le, or non Dis days (or both at once).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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