nolo

• NoLo, NOLO

Ellipsis of no alcohol, low alcohol.

nolo (comparative more nolo, superlative most nolo)

1. (British, of drinks) Having no or low alcohol content; being low-alcohol or alcohol-free
   • 2019 February 9, Bridget Arsenault, “Why Bacardi's Employees Are Visiting More Than 1,000 Bars In 130 Cities This Year”, in Forbes‎^[1]:

     NoLo (no alcohol, low alcohol) is one of the hottest trends in the drinks industry.

   • 2020 January 20, Zoe Wood, “UK brewers invest in low-alcohol drinks trend”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     The UK drinks industry has embarked on a detox that extends beyond January with companies racing to bring out “nolo” (no- or low-alcohol) beers, spirits and cocktails to satisfy a thirst for hangover-free drinking.

   • 2020 March 11, Lynn Rusk, “‘Nolo' drinks are the next big thing - but what are they?”, in Harborough Mail‎^[3]:

     No and low (nicknamed 'nolo') alcoholic beverages are set to be the UK’s biggest alcohol trend for 2020, according to a new study.

   • 2020 March 12, “'Nolo beer' sales rocket thanks to young teetotallers”, in BBC‎^[4]:

     "Nolo" alcohol is set to be one of the driving trends of 2020, according to the craft brewers' trade organisation.

   • 2020 March 17, Helen Whately, “Alcohol Harm”, in UK Parliament‎^[5]:

     Encouragingly, sales of no or low-alcohol beer are up 30% since 2016 and “nolo” alcohol is set to be one of the driving trends of 2020, although I am sure trends are being reviewed in the light of the pandemic.

• nolo contendere
• nolo episcopari

• loon

• IPA^(key): /ˈnolo/, [ˈno̞lo̞]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Syllabification^(key): no‧lo
• Hyphenation^(key): no‧lo

Unknown. Probably related to Moksha нола (nola, “lazy”) and Erzya нулномс (nulnoms, “to lurch; to knock around”). Alternatively possibly a Sami borrowing (compare Northern Sami nolˈlát (“to squat”)).^[1]

nolo (comparative nolompi, superlative noloin)

1. embarrassed

   Hän oli kovin nolo jäätyään kiinni itse teossa.

   He was so embarrassed for having been caught in the act.

2. awkward, embarrassing

   Se oli todella nolo tilanne.

   It was a really awkward situation.

• “nolo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[6] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

From nolo (etymology 1) and any or all of the following: Spanish nulo, Italian nullo, English nullo.

nolo

1. (card games) One of the modes of play in tuppi, bidding to win minimum of tricks (nullo); corresponds to the pass or playing low in Minnesota whist.

• rami
• sooli

• olon

From the earlier form naulo, from Late Latin naulum (“fare”), from Ancient Greek ναῦλος (naûlos, “a passenger's fee”), from ναῦς (naûs, “ship”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.lo/
• Rhymes: -ɔlo
• Hyphenation: nò‧lo

nolo m (plural noli)

1. hire, hiring, renting

   Synonym: noleggio

   prendere a nolo ― to rent; to hire

2. hire, rental, freight

• noleggiare

• nēvolō (Old Latin)

Univerbation of ne- (“not”) +‎ volō (“want”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnoː.ɫoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔː.lo]

nōlō (present infinitive nōlle, perfect active nōluī); irregular conjugation, suppletive, no passive, no gerund

1. to be unwilling, to not wish, to not want, to refuse

   T. Maccius Plautus, Stichus, or The Parasite Rebuffed

   Abīre nōlumus. ― We are unwilling to depart.

   Nōllem. ― I would not/I could wish not.

   Nōllem factum. ― I am sorry for it.

   Quod nōlim. ― Which I must not do (loosely, which Heaven forbid).

   Nōn nōlle. ― To have no objection/To be willing.

   Me nōlente. ― Without my consent/Against my will (literally, with me being unwilling).

   Alere nōlunt hominem edācem. ― They won't keep a greedy man.

• This verb is especially frequent in the imperative (nōlī, nōlīto, nōlīte) because its imperative form is used as the negation in a polite form of negative imperative: nōlī / nōlīte (singular/plural, respectively) + [infinitive], literally "Be unwilling to [ bare infinitive ]," reflecting the substitution of nolle + [infinitive] for ne + [second-person present subjunctive], the latter phrase having the literal meaning of "May you not [ bare infinitive ]." Examples:

  Nōlīte spēluncās intrāre!

  Don't (you people) enter the caves!

  Nōlī īrāscī.

  Don't become angry.

  Nōlī āvorsārī.

  Don't recoil.

  Nōlī putāre.

  Don't think.

  Nōlītōte mīrārī.

  Don't be surprised.

  Nōlītō putāre.

  You shall not think.

  Nōlīte, hospitēs, ad mē adīre.

  Don't approach me, strangers!

  Nōlīte, jūdicēs, exīstimāre.

  Don't judge, judges!

  Nōlī mē tangere (dīcit eī Iēsūs): nōndum enim ascendī ad Patrem meum. Vāde autem ad frātrēs meōs et dīc eīs: ascendō ad Patrem meum et Patrem vestrum et Deum meum et Deum vestrum.

  Jesus saith to her: Do not touch Me: for I am not yet ascended to my Father. But go to My brethren and say to them: I ascend to My Father and to your Father, to My God and to your God.

• Sometimes the verb volō (“to wish, to want”) is used pleonastically with this verb:
• Sometimes followed by a negative, which does not undo the negation.

The present active indicative voice was defective during the Classical period, only having synthetic forms in the first-person singular, first-person plural and third-person plural; the second-person singular, third-person singular and second-person plural forms were instead given as forms of nōn volō. Before contracting to nōlō in the Classical period, the verb nēvolō is attested in the second-person singular nēvīs and third-person singular nēvolt, and the contracted second-person plural nōltis is also sparsely attested, but the phonetic shifts of volt and voltis to vult and vultis do not seem to have had counterparts in nōlō. No contracted form of nēvis is attested.

¹Old Latin.

• “nolo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nolo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “nolo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

nolo m

1. brain