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noncontraction

noun

Etymology

From non- + contraction.

  1. derived from *dʰregʰ-✻ — “to drag, pull; to run”
  2. derived from contractiō — “a drawing together, contraction; abridgement, shortening; dejection, despondency”
  3. derived from contraction
  4. inherited from contraccioun
  5. prefixed as noncontraction — “non + contraction”

Definitions

  1. Absence of contraction.

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