nongreeting

Definitions

1. 1

   The absence of a greeting at a time when a one is possible or expected.

   • The reception the Monroe women prepared for the soldiers of Company A was grand compared to the nongreeting the rest of the men received when they reached Detroit late that night.
   • "I came here to tell you a story," Shoot said, as if hurt by the nongreeting, stepping into the firelight.

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