First Known Use: 14th century
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nonsuit
noun non·suit \ˈnän-ˈsüt\
Definition of NONSUIT
: a judgment against a plaintiff for failure to prosecute a case or inability to establish a prima facie case
— nonsuit transitive verb
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Origin of NONSUIT
Middle English, from Anglo-French nounsuyte, from noun- non- + siute pursuit, legal suit — more at suit
Rhymes with NONSUIT
acute, astute, Asyût, bear fruit, beetroot, Beirut, birthroot, bloodroot, breadfruit, butut, cahoot, Canute, catsuit, cheroot, choucroute, clubroot, commute, compute, confute, crapshoot, cube root, deaf-mute, depute, dilute, dispute, dry suit, elute, en route, enroot, flight suit, folkmoot, freeboot, galoot, grapefruit, G suit, hardboot, hip boot, hirsute, imbrute, impute, jackboot, jackfruit, jumpsuit, kashruth, lawsuit, long suit, lounge suit, minute, offshoot, outshoot, Paiute, pantsuit, permute, playsuit, pollute, pursuit, recruit, refute, repute, salute, sans doute, seaboot, snowsuit, solute, square root, star fruit, star route, statute, strong suit, sunsuit, sweat suit, swimsuit, take root, taproot, to boot, tracksuit, trade route, transmute, tribute, uproot, volute, wet suit, zoot suit
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