a non sequitur



a non sequitur

a statement which does not seem to be connected with what has just been said 'Have you arranged for us to visit Eileen?' I asked. 'But I thought you were coming by train', said Gwen, in what seemed a complete non sequitur.
See also: non, sequitur

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Liorit-Hebrew
Zaahira-Arabic
Mathildamə-TIL-də (English, Swedish)English, Swedish, Ancient Germanic
Berk-Turkish
Hale[heil]
Narcisonahr-CHEE-so (Italian), nahr-THEE-so (Spanish), nahr-SEE-so (Latin American Spanish)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese