Syn.
— Iniquitous; detestable; horrible; heinious; atrocious; infamous;
impious. See Iniquitous.
— Ne*fa"ri*ous*ly, adv.
— Ne*fa"ri*ous*ness, n.
NEFASCH
Ne"fasch, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any fish of the genus Distichodus. Several large species inhabit the Nile.
NEFAST
Ne"fast, a. Etym: [L. nefastus.]
Defn: Wicked. [R.]
NEGATION
Ne*ga"tion, n. Etym: [L. negatio, fr. negare to say no, to deny; ne
not + the root of aio I say; cf. Gr. ah to say; cf. F. négation. See
No, adv., and cf. Adage, Deny, Renegade.]
1. The act of denying; assertion of the nonreality or untruthfulness of anything; declaration that something is not, or has not been, or will not be; denial; — the opposite of Ant: affirmation. Our assertions and negations should be yea and nay. Rogers.
2. (Logic)
Defn: Description or definition by denial, exclusion, or exception; statement of what a thing is not, or has not, from which may be inferred what it is or has.
NEGATIVE
Neg"a*tive, a. Etym: [F. négatif, L. negativus, fr. negare to deny.
See Negation.]