nonalcoholic
/nˌɑnˌælkəhˈɑlɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.05 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Containing no more than trace amounts of alcohol.
noun
One who is not an alcoholic.
noun
A nonalcoholic beverage.
Example Sentences
- "A quarantine is indeed a trying time. Where “people who can drink normally” — A.A. lingo for nonalcoholics — are stocking up on liquor, A.A. members, and there are some 2.1 million of us, are hellbent on keeping the meetings going."
- "When asked if there was a degree of sadness to transition to non-alcoholics after nearly two decades of making spirits, Mathews said no."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic كُحُول (kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholbor. Middle English alcofol English alcohol Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English alcoholic English nonalcoholic From non- + alcoholic.