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English
Etymology
From non- + speech.
Adjective
nonspeech (not comparable)
- Not speech.
2004, Robert A Dobie, Susan B Van Hemel, Hearing loss: determining eligibility for Social Security benefits:Perception of nonspeech sounds is important in the workplace...
Noun
nonspeech (countable and uncountable, plural nonspeeches)
- That which is not speech, or not a speech.
- 1961, United States. Congress, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates (page A-2680)
- Recently and rightfully, there has been much criticism of so-called nonbooks, nonplays, and, I might add, nonspeeches. These are the books, plays, and speeches which are written, not by authors but by reflectors of public demand. They are not art but artificial.