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nabob (noun)
A person of conspicuous wealth or high status. (OD)

nascent (adjective)
Coming or having recently come into existence. (MW)
Especially of a process or organization:  Just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential. (OD)
Emerging, just coming into existence.  Beginning to develop. (WN)

natter (verb)
Talk casually, especially about unimportant matters; chat. (OD)
natter (noun):  A casual and leisurely conversation. (OD)

negotiation (noun)

The effort to bring about an agreement between two or more parties, with all parties having the right to veto. (Jim Camp, Start With No – According to his website, Camp found this definition in an old Oxford English Dictionary he found at the Hong Kong airport)

See:  counterpart

neophilia (noun)
Love of or enthusiasm for what is new or novel. (MW)
Love or, preference for, or great interest in what is new; a love of novelty. (OD)
neophiliac (adjective and noun):  Characterized by neophilia or a person characterized by neophilia. (OED)
neophobia (noun):  Fear or dislike of what is new; aversion to novelty.  Also, occasionally, an instance of this. (OED)
neophobic (adjective)
neophile (noun):  One who loves or has a strong affinity for anything new or novel. (WN)

neopronoun (lexical creation)

A new category of factitious words, used in place of the pronouns she, he, or they, when referring to a person.  Some examples include:  xe/xem/xyr, ze/hir/hirs, and ey/em/eir.  Anyone can use neopronouns, but transgender, non-binary, and/or gender nonconforming people use them most often. (RM, adapted from UNCG)

See:  cisgender, gender dysphoria, pronouns (declaring or stating)

newspeak (noun)
Originally:  The artificial language used for official propaganda in the dystopia of Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.  Subsequently:  Any corrupt form of English; especially ambiguous or euphemistic language as used in official pronouncements or political propaganda.  Frequently derogatory.  (OED)

ninnyhammer (noun)
Ninny; simpleton, fool. (MW)
A blockhead; a fool or braggart. (OD)

noetic (adjective)
Of, relating to, or based on the intellect. (MW)
Relating to mental activity or the intellect. (OD)
Originating in the mind; mental perception. (WN)

not cricket (British idiom)

Something contrary to traditional standards of fairness or rectitude. (OD)

Not fair, polite, or proper. (MW)

Based on cricket being a gentleman's game where fair play is expected. (UrbanDictionary.com)

nugatory (adjective)

Of no value or importance.  Useless or futile. (OD)

numinous (adjective)

Mysterious.  Filled with a sense of the presence of divinity. (MW)

Having a strong religious or spiritual quality; indicating or suggesting the presence of a divinity. (OD)

Note:  There is a subtle but important distinction between the numinous, which may indicate or suggest the supernatural, and the actual supernatural.  This point was made here.

numpty (noun and adjective)
A stupid or ineffectual person. (OD)
A stupid or foolish person; an idiot. (OED)
adjective:  Especially of a person:  Stupid, foolish, idiotic.  Examples:  numpty coppers, numpty ministers. (OED)

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