non sequiturn.

Brit.

/nɒn ˈsɛkwᵻtə/, U.S.

/ˌnɑn ˈsɛkwədər/

Forms: Middle English– non sequitur, 1500s no sequitur (perhaps transmission error), 1700s non-sequitor (irregular).

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nōn sequitur.

Etymology: < classical Latin nōn sequitur it does not follow (used of logical conclusions in e.g. Cicero De Fato 9) < nōn not (see non- prefix) + sequitur it follows, impersonal singular present indicative of sequī to follow (see sequent adj.). Compare later sequitur n.

†1. Perhaps: a part of the collar of a garment. Obsolete.

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?a1450 Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Melbourne) f. 52^v (MED) I make also streit cotes with hongyng sleuys..wele lynyd colers, with an non sequitur, to neke and þe brest white.

?1510 Treatyse Galaunt (de Worde) sig. Aiij^v So many purfled garmentes furred with no sequitur With so many penylesse purses hath no man sawe.

†2. A thing that is not in harmony with its surroundings; an incongruity. Obsolete. rare.Quot. 1533 may represent a pun on sense 1, or represent an extended use of sense 3, not otherwise attested in English at this date.

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1533 T. Elyot Pasquil the Playne sig. A3^v Thou haste the strangest apparaile that euer I loked on... This longe estrige fether doeth wonderly wel... But this longe gowne and strayte sleues is a non sequitur.

3. An inference or a conclusion not logically following from the premises; a response, remark, etc., that does not logically follow from what has gone before. Also in extended use.

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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > lack of reasoning, illogicality > [noun] > false conclusion

non sequitur1564

inconsequence1605

misconclusion1609

inconsequencya1641

inconsequent1643

non-consequence1649

inconsequentiality1832

overgeneralization1851

1564 Briefe Exam. *****ij b After this you bring in a patch of Gratians decrees. Caus. 21 Quest. 4..This is a Non sequitur.

1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) 81 Thy stately rhetoricke, is such a non sequitur to thy boyish rachalisme.

1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. iii. 90 The proper argument then that can be thence deduced by our Opposites, is but this Nonsequitur.

a1726 G. Gilbert Cases Law & Equity (1760) 98 The Justices need not set forth any Reason of their Judgment, therefore a Non sequitur will not vitiate.

1775 J. Sewall Cure for Spleen 20 That's what the learned call a non sequitur; for by the same kind of argument you may prove your skull is not thick.

1817 Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. col. 1070 This was so inconsequent, such a non sequitur in reasoning, that he left it to the noble lord, and the other logicians on the Treasury-bench, to solve the problem.

1855 ‘G. Eliot’ in Westm. Rev. Oct. 439 His practice is, in many respects, an amiable non sequitur from his teaching.

1895 Philistine July 63 The Boston Woman's Rescue League has the champion non sequitur... ‘Thirty per cent of the girls that have come to the Rescue League for aid were bicycle riders at one time.’

1935 Pacific Affairs 8 44 The idea that a Chinese republic could claim to inherit the Manchu overlordship in Mongolia was historically a non-sequitur.

1967 Wall St. Jrnl. 24 Apr. 18/5 The dialogue is strewn with nutty non sequiturs (‘An American?’ ‘No, a New Yorker.’).

1991 E. Lax Woody Allen iv. 232 That she would settle on me, Harold Cohen, scrawny, long-nosed, twenty-four-year-old budding dramatist and whiner, was a non sequitur on a par with octuplets.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	non sequitur
释义	non sequiturn. Brit. /nɒn ˈsɛkwᵻtə/, U.S. /ˌnɑn ˈsɛkwədər/ Forms: Middle English– non sequitur, 1500s no sequitur (perhaps transmission error), 1700s non-sequitor (irregular). Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nōn sequitur. Etymology: < classical Latin nōn sequitur it does not follow (used of logical conclusions in e.g. Cicero De Fato 9) < nōn not (see non- prefix) + sequitur it follows, impersonal singular present indicative of sequī to follow (see sequent adj.). Compare later sequitur n. †1. Perhaps: a part of the collar of a garment. Obsolete. ΚΠ ?a1450 Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Melbourne) f. 52^v (MED) I make also streit cotes with hongyng sleuys..wele lynyd colers, with an non sequitur, to neke and þe brest white. ?1510 Treatyse Galaunt (de Worde) sig. Aiij^v So many purfled garmentes furred with no sequitur With so many penylesse purses hath no man sawe. †2. A thing that is not in harmony with its surroundings; an incongruity. Obsolete. rare.Quot. 1533 may represent a pun on sense 1, or represent an extended use of sense 3, not otherwise attested in English at this date. ΚΠ 1533 T. Elyot Pasquil the Playne sig. A3^v Thou haste the strangest apparaile that euer I loked on... This longe estrige fether doeth wonderly wel... But this longe gowne and strayte sleues is a non sequitur. 3. An inference or a conclusion not logically following from the premises; a response, remark, etc., that does not logically follow from what has gone before. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > lack of reasoning, illogicality > [noun] > false conclusion non sequitur1564 inconsequence1605 misconclusion1609 inconsequencya1641 inconsequent1643 non-consequence1649 inconsequentiality1832 overgeneralization1851 1564 Briefe Exam. ****ij b After this you bring in a patch of Gratians decrees. Caus. 21 Quest. 4..This is a Non sequitur. 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus* (new ed.) 81 Thy stately rhetoricke, is such a non sequitur to thy boyish rachalisme. 1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. iii. 90 The proper argument then that can be thence deduced by our Opposites, is but this Nonsequitur. a1726 G. Gilbert Cases Law & Equity (1760) 98 The Justices need not set forth any Reason of their Judgment, therefore a Non sequitur will not vitiate. 1775 J. Sewall Cure for Spleen 20 That's what the learned call a non sequitur; for by the same kind of argument you may prove your skull is not thick. 1817 Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. col. 1070 This was so inconsequent, such a non sequitur in reasoning, that he left it to the noble lord, and the other logicians on the Treasury-bench, to solve the problem. 1855 ‘G. Eliot’ in Westm. Rev. Oct. 439 His practice is, in many respects, an amiable non sequitur from his teaching. 1895 Philistine July 63 The Boston Woman's Rescue League has the champion non sequitur... ‘Thirty per cent of the girls that have come to the Rescue League for aid were bicycle riders at one time.’ 1935 Pacific Affairs 8 44 The idea that a Chinese republic could claim to inherit the Manchu overlordship in Mongolia was historically a non-sequitur. 1967 Wall St. Jrnl. 24 Apr. 18/5 The dialogue is strewn with nutty non sequiturs (‘An American?’ ‘No, a New Yorker.’). 1991 E. Lax Woody Allen iv. 232 That she would settle on me, Harold Cohen, scrawny, long-nosed, twenty-four-year-old budding dramatist and whiner, was a non sequitur on a par with octuplets. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1450
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