Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

non-coming

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.04 in modern English

Syllables: non--com-ing
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A lack or absence of coming; failure to come

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…] and inasmuch as the husband does not now come, which non-coming shall be adjudged a default, we pray that they be distrained to attorn."
"This poem is about non-coming and non-going."
"Beginning at the end, ending at the beginning, the comings and goings—the non-comings, the non-goings— of Estragon and Vladimir settling onto boots, and swollen feet; a very precise picture of pain."

Etymology

From Middle English non comyng, noun comyng, equivalent to non (“no”, adjective) + coming.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: non comyng

Usage

Inflected Forms

non-comings (plural) noncoming (alternative)

Questions

What does non-coming mean?: A lack or absence of coming; failure to come
Where does non-coming come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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