nihility

  • 1Nihility — Ni*hil i*ty, n. [Cf. F. nihilit[ e]. See {Nihilism}.] Nothingness; a state of being nothing. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2nihility — [nī hil′ə tē] n. 〚ML nihilitas〛 nothingness * * * ni·hil·i·ty (nī hĭlʹĭ tē, nē ) n. Nonexistence; nothingness.   [French nihilité, from Old French, from Medieval Latin nihilitās, from Latin nihil, noth …

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  • 3nihility — index nullity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 4nihility — (n.) 1670s, from M.L. nihilitas, from nihil nothing at all (see NIL (Cf. nil)) …

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  • 5nihility — [nī hil′ə tē] n. [ML nihilitas] nothingness …

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  • 6Nihility — This article is about the album Nihility. For other uses, see Nihilism (disambiguation). Nihility Studio album by Decapitated …

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  • 7nihility — noun Nothingness, nullity. Paeans and even poems have been written to the esoteric nature of the smallest building blocks of matter: how they manifest as everywhere and nowhere, seem to have come out of emptiness, and at the ultimate level seem… …

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  • 8nihility — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The condition of not existing: nonexistence, nothing, nothingness. See ABSENCE …

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  • 9nihility — [nʌɪ hɪlɪti, nɪ ] noun rare nothingness. Origin C17: from med. L. nihilitas, from L. nihil nothing …

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  • 10nihility — n. See nihilism …

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