neglegere
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neglect — {{11}}neglect (n.) 1580s, from NEGLECT (Cf. neglect) (v.) or from L. neglectus a neglecting, noun use of pp. of neglegere. {{12}}neglect (v.) 1520s, from L. neglectus, pp. of neglegere to make light of, disregard, be indifferent to, not heed, not … Etymology dictionary
Neglect — Neg*lect , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Neglected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Neglecting}.] [L. neglectus, p. p. of neglegere (negligere) to disregard, neglect, the literal sense prob. being, not to pick up; nec not, nor (fr. ne not + que, a particle akin to Goth … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Neglected — Neglect Neg*lect , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Neglected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Neglecting}.] [L. neglectus, p. p. of neglegere (negligere) to disregard, neglect, the literal sense prob. being, not to pick up; nec not, nor (fr. ne not + que, a particle akin … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Neglecting — Neglect Neg*lect , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Neglected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Neglecting}.] [L. neglectus, p. p. of neglegere (negligere) to disregard, neglect, the literal sense prob. being, not to pick up; nec not, nor (fr. ne not + que, a particle akin … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
negligee — also negligé noun Etymology: French négligé, from past participle of négliger to neglect, from Latin neglegere Date: 1756 1. a woman s long flowing usually sheer dressing gown 2. carelessly informal or incomplete attire … New Collegiate Dictionary
negligent — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French & Latin; Anglo French, from Latin neglegent , neglegens, present participle of neglegere Date: 14th century 1. a. marked by or given to neglect especially habitually or culpably b. failing to … New Collegiate Dictionary
negligible — adjective Etymology: Latin neglegere, negligere Date: 1829 so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention ; trifling < a negligible error > • negligibility noun • negligibly adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
neglect — I. transitive verb Etymology: Latin neglectus, past participle of neglegere, neclegere, from nec not (akin to ne not) + legere to gather more at no, legend Date: 1529 1. to give little attention or respect to ; disregard 2. to leave undone or… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Negligence — For other uses, see Negligence (disambiguation). Tort law … Wikipedia
Table Alphabeticall — A Table Alphabeticall is the abbreviated title of the first monolingual dictionary in the English language, created by Robert Cawdrey and first published in London in 1604. Although the work is important in being the first collection of its kind … Wikipedia
