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nonfoul

adj

Etymology

From non- + foul.

  1. derived from *puH-✻ — “foul, rotten”
  2. inherited from *fūlaz✻ — “foul, rotten”
  3. inherited from *fūl✻
  4. inherited from fūl — “foul, dirty, unclean, impure, vile, corrupt, rotten, stinking, guilty”
  5. inherited from ffoul
  6. prefixed as nonfoul — “non + foul”

Definitions

  1. Not foul (in various senses).

    • Although there was not much more bickering with officials than at a game with a regular officiating crew, Lee collected the game’s only technical for arguing a nonfoul call in the fourth quarter.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA