nonreferential

nonreferential

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English non-
English reference
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisder.
Old French -ialder.
Middle English -ial
English -ial
English referential
English nonreferential

    From non- + referential.

    Adjective

    nonreferential (comparative more nonreferential, superlative most nonreferential)

    1. Not referential in character or style
      • 2007 September 16, Horacio Silva, “Star ’90s”, in New York Times‎[1]:
        In an ironic turn, the stubbornly nonreferential Lang was a dominant reference at the fall shows […] .

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