Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An inference or conclusion that does not follow from the premises or evidence.
- noun A statement that does not follow logically from what preceded it.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In law or logic, an inference or a conclusion which does not follow from the premises.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Logic) An inference which does not follow from the premises.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any
abrupt andinexplicable transition oroccurrence . - noun logical fallacy Any
invalid argument in which theconclusion cannot be logicallydeduced from thepremises ; a logicalfallacy . - noun A
statement that does notlogically follow a statement that came before it. - noun humor A kind of
pun that uses a change of word, subject, or meaning to make a joke of the listener’sexpectation .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a reply that has no relevance to what preceded it
- noun (logic) a conclusion that does not follow from the premises
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin nōn sequitur, it does not follow : nōn, not + sequitur, third person sing. present tense of sequī, to follow.]
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From the Latin phrase nōn sequitur ("it does not follow"), from nōn ("not") + sequitur (third-person form of sequor ("I follow")); in Latin, the phrase sees no use as a noun. Compare sequence, from same root.
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thevirils commented on the word non sequitur
Latin for "it does not follow."
October 4, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word non sequitur
One of the best things to hear a little tiny kid say. You know, when you can get them to play "repeat after me."
October 28, 2008
jwjarvis commented on the word non sequitur
he is hyper-verbal, spewing non sequiturs
October 6, 2010
milosrdenstvi commented on the word non sequitur
@chained_bear: When young, I would always pronounce it "non se-KEE-ter"...
November 19, 2010
reesetee commented on the word non sequitur
*Now wonders what Chained Cub's vocabulary might sound like*
November 19, 2010
chained_bear commented on the word non sequitur
It sounds like this: blrbth thrbl? Nmi-nmi-nm.
November 19, 2010
reesetee commented on the word non sequitur
I gather, then, that he hasn't quite mastered "non-sequitur" just yet.
November 21, 2010
yarb commented on the word non sequitur
It sounds like your latest spawn is an acolyte of Cthulhu, cb!
November 21, 2010
reesetee commented on the word non sequitur
Cuter, though, I'd wager.
November 21, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word non sequitur
Fewer tentacles, no doubt.
November 21, 2010