nonlight

English

A nonlight

Etymology

From non- +‎ light.

Adjective

nonlight (not comparable)

1. Not light (in various senses).

   a nonlight beer

Noun

nonlight (countable and uncountable, plural nonlights)

1. Something which is not light or lacks light (in various senses).
   • 1978 [1974], Alfred Andersch, translated by Richard Winston and Clara Winston, Winterspelt, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 259:

     In the nonlight that prevailed there, Kimbrough's face under its strands of black hair looked even paler than it did outside.

   • 2008, Nels D. Sanddal, Steve Albert, Joseph D. Hansen, Douglas F. Kupas, “Contributing Factors and Issues Associated with Rural Ambulance Crashes: Literature Review and Annotated Bibliography”, in Prehospital Emergency Care, volume 12, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 261, column 2:

     Of the 92% of the transports that did not involve the use of lights and sirens, nearly one-half received some advance life support intervention either prior to or during transport. There were no adverse events associated with the nonlights and siren transports.