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diagnonsense en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δια- (dia-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider. Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō Ancient Greek γῐγνώσκω (gĭgnṓskō) Ancient Greek δῐαγῐγνώσκω (dĭagĭgnṓskō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́γνωσῐς (dĭắgnōsĭs)der. Latin diagnōsisder. English diagnosis 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- Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin sēnsusbor. Proto-Germanic *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor. Vulgar Latin *sennus Old French sensbor. Middle English sense English sense English nonsense blend English diagnonsense Blend of diagnosis + nonsense.

Meanings

  1. (derogatory, humorous, uncountable) An inaccurate, incorrect, or nonsensical diagnosis, particularly in the field of psychiatry.
    • Then what's wrong with me, huh? What the fuck is going on inside my head? Tell me, Dr. Val, what's your diag-nonsense? 1999, James Mangold (director), Girl, Interrupted, spoken by supporting actress (Winona Ryder):
    • She said, "There was a lot of diagnonsense going on around there." Out of the mouths of babes ... 2010, David M. Allen, How Dysfunctional Families Spur Mental Disorders, page 175:
    • Her diagnonsense? I'm in the midst of "The dark night of the soul." 2009, Erica Rivera, Insatiable - A Young Mother's Struggle with Anorexia:
    • This book by no means is I giving any of my diagnonsense predetermined medical/mental conditions any credibility through transference to literature legally ... 2015, Erik Cloud, The New Age Bible:
    • "Hey Doc, what's the diagnonsense." O'Leary says. 2013, Christopher Tenney, Redemption II, page 20:
    • "Diagnonsense is more like it," she jokes. She is clear and eloquent, with quick eyes that are growing kinder. 2017, Chris Urquhart, Dirty Kids - Chasing Freedom with America's Nomads: