nonfriendn.

Brit.

/nɒnˈfrɛnd/, U.S.

/ˈnɑnˈfrɛnd/

Forms: see non- prefix and friend n.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: non- prefix, friend n.

Etymology: < non- prefix + friend n.

1. A person who is not a friend.

ΚΠ

1549 in W. Fraser Scotts of Buccleuch (1878) II. 195 Contrair hir inimeis and nonfrendis.

1863 H. G. Liddell Let. 9 Nov. in R. E. Prothero Life & Corr. A. P. Stanley (1894) II. xx. 143 You receive no more honourable testimony than the unavailing sorrow of your friends and the joy of your non-friends at your promotion.

1946 Sociometry 9 52 This study is a comparison of 21 reciprocated choices (friends) with 29 unreciprocated non-friends.

1971 Harper's Mag. Sept. 57 ‘There are people here who are not our friends.’ The nonfriends were expelled.

1994 Jrnl. Conflict Resol. 38 663 Contrasting a nonfriend co-worker with a friend,..we might notice different goals in the two relationships.

2. In form non-Friend. A person who is not a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Also: a person who is not a member of a society of the friends of a particular place or organization.

ΚΠ

1911 R. M. Jones et al. Quakers in Amer. Colonies 552 Was a young person evidently attracted by the charms of some non-Friend of the opposite sex?

1939 Social Forces 17 349/2 The Baltimore Association of Friends of the Southern States contributed to the educational needs of the Friends in North Carolina... The teachers were left to collect the tuition of non-Friends.

1945 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 51 32/2 The primary postulates of the contemplative-mystical value-orientation were either absent or unacceptable in the ideology of most non-Friends and even among Friends.

1993 Jrnl. Amer. Hist. 80 451 It enhanced the sect's reputation among non-Friends.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nonfriend
释义	nonfriendn. Brit. /nɒnˈfrɛnd/, U.S. /ˈnɑnˈfrɛnd/ Forms: see non- prefix and friend n. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: non- prefix, friend n. Etymology: < non- prefix + friend n. 1. A person who is not a friend. ΚΠ 1549 in W. Fraser Scotts of Buccleuch (1878) II. 195 Contrair hir inimeis and nonfrendis. 1863 H. G. Liddell Let. 9 Nov. in R. E. Prothero Life & Corr. A. P. Stanley (1894) II. xx. 143 You receive no more honourable testimony than the unavailing sorrow of your friends and the joy of your non-friends at your promotion. 1946 Sociometry 9 52 This study is a comparison of 21 reciprocated choices (friends) with 29 unreciprocated non-friends. 1971 Harper's Mag. Sept. 57 ‘There are people here who are not our friends.’ The nonfriends were expelled. 1994 Jrnl. Conflict Resol. 38 663 Contrasting a nonfriend co-worker with a friend,..we might notice different goals in the two relationships. 2. In form non-Friend. A person who is not a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Also: a person who is not a member of a society of the friends of a particular place or organization. ΚΠ 1911 R. M. Jones et al. Quakers in Amer. Colonies 552 Was a young person evidently attracted by the charms of some non-Friend of the opposite sex? 1939 Social Forces 17 349/2 The Baltimore Association of Friends of the Southern States contributed to the educational needs of the Friends in North Carolina... The teachers were left to collect the tuition of non-Friends. 1945 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 51 32/2 The primary postulates of the contemplative-mystical value-orientation were either absent or unacceptable in the ideology of most non-Friends and even among Friends. 1993 Jrnl. Amer. Hist. 80 451 It enhanced the sect's reputation among non-Friends. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1549
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