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non-scientific en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English non- Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der. Latin sciō Latin sciēns Latin -ia Latin scientia Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Medieval Latin scientificusder. Middle French scientifiquebor. English scientific English non-scientific From non- + scientific.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of nonscientific
    • The longest non-scientific English words which can form anagrams are the 17-letter transpositions "misrepresentation" and "representationism". 1978, Norris McWhirter (editor), Guinness Book of World Records 1978, page 205: