Nefarious

ne-fa'rl-us, a. Wicked in the extreme atrociously villainous; detestable; infamous: impious. [L. nefarius, nef as, impiety, ne, not, and fas, divine law, orig. what divinely spoken, 'for i, to speak: L., Gr., F., AS., MHG., and Ru . ne = OHG., Goth., Ir., Ga., and W. ni, Skr. na, not.] — Nefa'riously, -rf-us-lt, adv. — Nega'tion, n. Act of denying; denial; statement of what a thing not, or has not, etc. [F.; L. negatio, fr. negare, negatum, to deny, ne and aiere, to say; Gr. emi, Skr. ah. to say, E. deny, abnegate, renegade.]— Neg' ative, -tiv, a. Implying or containing denial, negation, or refusal the opposite of affirmative or positive marked by absence of what is appropriate or expected having the effect of stopping or restraining. — n. A proposition by which something is deam, fame, far, pa or opera, fare end, NEGRO nied or forbidden an opposite or contradictory term or conception a word that denies; veto; the relation of denial or opposition. (Photog.) A picture upon fla in which the lights and shadows are reversed, rom which photographs, etc., may be printed.— v. [negatived (-tivd), -TiviNG.J To disprove; to refuse to enact or sanction. [ME. and F. negatif, L. negativus.] — Neg'atively, adv.— Neglect', -lektv v. Not to treat with due attention; to suffer to pa unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight, overlook, disregard. n. Omi ion of proper attention; state of being disregarded. negligere, neglectum, fr. nee (contr. of neque, fr. ne and que, enclitic particle) and legere, to gather, collect.] — Neglect'er, — Neglect'ful, -ful, a. Full of neglect; heedle ; carele ; inattentive; treating with neglect or slight; indicating indifference.- Neglect'fully, adv.— Neg'- ligence, -lT-jens, n. Quality ot being negligent; habitual neglect; a negligent act. [F.; L. negligent i a.] — Neg'ligent, a. Apt to neglect; customarily neglectful; heedle ; remi . [F.; L. negligens, -gent is, p. pr. of negligere.] — Negligently, adv.— Negligee, neg'lY-zha', n. An easy, unceremonious attire; a long necklace, usually of red coral. [F., p. pr. of negliger.] — Nego'tiate, -shT-at, v. To transact busine ; to treat with another respecting purchase and sale; to treat with respecting a treaty, league, etc.— v. To arrange for to settle by dealing and management to sell, pa . [L. negotiari, -at us, negottum, busine , ft^c(see Neglect, above)and otiwn, leisure.] — Negotiable, a. Capable of being negotiated transferable by a ignment or indorsement to another person.— Nego'tiabil'ity, n. Quality of being, etc. — Nego'tia'tion, -shl-a's hun, n. Act of negotiating; the transacting of busine in traffic; mercantile busine ; trading; the transaction — of busine between nations. [I. negociation.] Nego'tia'tor, n. One who negotiates. [L.] — Nei'- ther, ne'ther or ni'ther (see Either), pron. or pronominal a. Not either not the one or the other. — Not either. [ME. nether, nother (whence nor), AS. nawdher, contr. uahwisdher, na, no, and — hwtedher, whether, q. v., ajid see Neuter, below.] Nepen'the, -the, -thes, -thez, n. A drug used by the ancients to relieve from pain and produce exhilaration of spirits, — perh. opium or hashish. [Gr. nepenthes, name of the drug, free from sorrow, fr. ne and penthos, grief, pathos, q. v.] — Nes'cience, nesh'ens, n. Want of knowledge; ignorance. [L. nescient i a, nesciens, p. pr. of nescire, to be ignorant, ne and scire, to know.] — Neu'ter, nu'ter, a. Neither the one thing nor the other; of neither side; neutral: sexle . (Gram.) Of neither gender; neither male nor female neither active nor pa ive intransitive. (Bot.) Having neither stamens nor pistils. — A person who takes no part in a contest; a neutral the working bee, which really an undeveloped female. (Bot.) A plant having neither stamens nor pistils. [L., neither, we and uter, whether of the two Skr. kalara = E. whether: see Neither, above.] — Neu'tral, a. Not engaged on either side neuter indifferent neither very good nor bad; of medium quality. (Bot.) Having neither stamens nor pistils. — n. A person or nation that takes no part in a contest between others. [L. neutral it. — Neutral'ity, -tral'I-tl, n. State of being neutral indifference a combination of neutral powers or states. [F. neutrality, E. neutralUas.] — Neutralize, (-ized (-Izd), -izing.] To render neutral. (Chem.) To destroy the effect of, render inert. To destroy the peculiar properties or opposite dispositions of — Neu'traliz'er, n. One who, or that which, etc. — Neu'traliza'tion, n. Act of, or state of being neutralized. — Neu'trally, adv. — Nev'er, adv. Not ever; not at any time in no degree; not in the least; not. [AS. nsefre, fr. ne and sefre, ever, q. v.] — Never so. As never before especially particularly, — now usually replaced by ever so. — Neverthele ', adv. Not the le notwithstanding in spite of that; however at least yet. [AS. na dhe Ises = no-the-le .]