none adj 1: not any; "thou shalt have none other gods before me" n 1: a canonical hour that is the ninth hour of the day counting from sunrise 2: a service in the Roman Catholic Church formerly read or chanted at 3 PM (the ninth hour counting from sunrise) but now somewhat earlier adv 1: not at all or in no way; "seemed none too pleased with his dinner"; "shirt looked none the worse for having been slept in"; "none too prosperous"; "the passage is none too clear"

none O.E. nan "not one, not any," from ne "not" (see no) + an "one." As an adj., reduced now to no except in a few archaic phrases, especially before vowels, such as none other, none the worse.

none nʌn See: HALF A LOAF IS BETTER THAN NONE, HAVE NONE OF.

none I. pronoun, singular or plural in construction Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nān, from ne not + ān one — more at no, one Date: before 12th century 1. not any 2. not one ; nobody 3. not any such thing or person 4. no part ; nothing II. adjective Date: before 12th century archaic not any ; no III. adverb Date: 1651 1. by no means ; not at all <none too soon to begin> 2. in no way ; to no extent <none the worse for wear> IV. noun Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Late Latin nona, from Latin, 9th hour of the day from sunrise — more at noon Date: 1845 the fifth of the canonical hours

none
1.
pron., adj., & adv.
--pron.
1 (foll. by of) a not any of (none of this concerns me; none of them have found it; none of your impudence!). b not any one of (none of them has come).
Usage:
The verb following none in this sense can be singular or plural according to the sense.
2 a no persons (none but fools have ever believed it). b no person (none can tell).
--adj. (usu. with a preceding noun implied)
1 no; not any (you have money and I have none; would rather have a bad reputation than none at all).
2 not to be counted in a specified class (his understanding is none of the clearest; if a linguist is wanted, I am none).
--adv. (foll. by the + compar., or so, too) by no amount; not at all (am none the wiser; are none too fond of him).
Phrases and idioms:
none the less nevertheless. none other (usu. foll. by than) no other person. none-so-pretty London Pride.
Etymology: OE nan f. ne not + an ONE
2.
n. (also in pl.)
1 the office of the fifth of the canonical hours of prayer, orig. said at the ninth hour (3 p.m.).
2 this hour.
Etymology: F f. L nona fem. sing. of nonus ninth: cf. NOON

None \None\, a. & pron. [OE. none, non, nan, no, na, AS. n[=a]n, fr. ne not + [=a]n one. ?. See No, a. & adv., One, and cf. Non-, Null, a.] 1. No one; not one; not anything; -- frequently used also partitively, or as a plural, not any. There is none that doeth good; no, not one. --Ps. xiv. 3. Six days ye shall gather it, but on the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, in it there shall be none. --Ex. xvi. 26. Terms of peace yet none Vouchsafed or sought. --Milton. None of their productions are extant. --Blair. 2. No; not any; -- used adjectively before a vowel, in old style; as, thou shalt have none assurance of thy life. None of, not at all; not; nothing of; -- used emphatically. ``They knew that I was none of the register that entered their admissions in the universities.'' --Fuller. None-so-pretty (Bot.), the Saxifraga umbrosa. See London pride} (a), under London.

None \None\, n. [F.] Same as Nones, 2.

none pron. sing. and pl. 1. Not one. 2. Not any, not a part, not the least portion.

26 Moby Thesaurus words for "none": from scratch, in no way, nary one, never a one, nil, no, no man, no one, nobody, not a bit, not a hint, not a jot, not a lick, not a mite, not a one, not a particle, not a scrap, not a smitch, not a speck, not a suspicion, not a trace, not a whit, not an iota, not any, not at all, not one

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