Nondetective
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Not involving a detective (as many mystery novels do). not-comparable
"The closest character to Dupin in Poe's nondetective fiction is Roderick Usher in "The Fall of the House of Usher," that gothic nightmare of decadence..."
Example
More examples"The closest character to Dupin in Poe's nondetective fiction is Roderick Usher in "The Fall of the House of Usher," that gothic nightmare of decadence..."
Etymology
From non- + detective.
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