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UK/nəʊn/ US/noʊn/ very common us
adverb (1) noun (2) adjective (1)

adverb

1.

not at all or in no way

  • “seemed none too pleased with his dinner”
  • “shirt looked none the worse for having been slept in”
  • “none too prosperous”
  • “the passage is none too clear”

noun

1.

a canonical hour that is the ninth hour of the day counting from sunrise

2.

adjective

1.

not any

  • “thou shalt have none other gods before me”
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Origin

From Middle English none, noon, non (“not one”), from Old English nān (“not one, not any, none”), from Proto-West Germanic *nain, from Proto-Germanic *nainaz (“none, nought, nothing”), equivalent to ne (“not”) + one. (Regarding the different phonological development of only and one, see the note in one.) Cognate with Scots nane (“none”), Saterland Frisian naan, neen (“no, not any, none”), West Frisian neen & gjin (“no, none”), Dutch neen & geen (“no, none”), Low German nēn, neen, keen (“no, none, no one”), German nein & kein (“no, none”), Latin nōn (“not”).

Phrases

  • bar none
  • Buckley's and none
  • half a loaf is better than none
  • have none of it
  • have none of something
  • it's none of your business
  • none of someone's business
  • none of these words are in the Bible

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