Pronunciation: ' nän- ˌ sen(t)s, ' nän(t)-s ə n(t)s
Function: noun
Date: 1614
1 a : words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas b (1) : language, conduct, or an idea that is absurd or contrary to good sense (2) : an instance of absurd action
2 a : things of no importance or value : TRIFLES b : affected or impudent conduct <took no nonsense from subordinates>
3 : genetic information consisting of one or more codons that do not code for any amino acid and usually cause termination of the molecular chain in protein synthesis
– non · sen · si · cal \ ˌ nän- ' sen(t)-si-k ə l \ adjective
– non · sen · si · cal · ly \ -k( ə -)l ē \ adverb
– non · sen · si · cal · ness \ -k ə l-n ə s \ noun