Pronunciation: ' nän- ' se-kw ə -t ə r also - ˌ tu ̇ r
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin, it does not follow
Date: 1540
1 : an inference that does not follow from the premises specifically : a fallacy resulting from a simple conversion of a universal affirmative proposition or from the transposition of a condition and its consequent
2 : a statement (as a response) that does not follow logically from or is not clearly related to anything previously said