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单词 non dis
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non dis.adj.

Brit. /nɒn ˈdɪs/, U.S. /nɑn ˈdɪs/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin non dis..
Etymology: < post-classical Latin non dis., shortened < non disputabilis (as graphic abbreviation), designating a day on which disputations were not held (14th cent.) < classical Latin nōn not (see non- prefix) + disputābilis disputable adj.
historical. rare.
At Oxford and Cambridge Universities: designating a day on which disputations were not held. Cf. non Le adj.Many non-dis. days were kept throughout the year at both Oxford and Cambridge (and also at Paris). The system is recorded in existence from at least the 14th to the 17th centuries.
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1792 tr. A. Wood Hist. & Antiq. Univ. Oxf. I. 58 The ancient Calendars..wherein the days of the year are distinguished by Le and non Le, dis and non dis.
1845 tr. in G. R. M. Ward Oxf. Univ. Statutes I. p. xxxvi In the Old Calendar..the inauspicious days of the University..meaning those on which lectures and disputations were not usually held, were..marked with ‘Le; Le Fe; Non Le; Dis; Non Dis’.
1904 C. Wordsworth Anc. Kal. Oxf. Univ. 18 A table of ‘Non Dis. days’, i.e. holidays on which the formal academic exercises called ‘disputations’ were not allowed to be held for qualifying a student for his degree.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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