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nugacity|njuːˈgæsɪtɪ|
[ad. late L. nūgācitas, f. nūgāci-s, nūgax: see prec. and -ity.]
1. Trifling, triviality, futility.
1593Bilson Govt. Christ's Ch. 278 Ful of follie, nugacitie, error. 1607Harington in Nugæ Ant. (1804) II. 262 He knows such nugacitie becomes not his place. 1662Stillingfleet Orig. Sacræ i. iv. §10 Strabo seems to accuse Herodotus much of nugacity. 1676H. More Remarks 189 There is no nugacity at all in this.
1862Sat. Rev. XIII. 719 Parr's general nugacity as an exegetical and polemical divine.
2. A trifling or frivolous idea.
1653H. More Conject. Cabbal. (1713) 82 Such Arithmetical nugacities as are ordinarily recorded for his. 1668― Div. Dial. ii. ii. (1713) 90 Such Nugacities as are exploded even by the Theologers themselves.
1818Coleridge Lit. Rem. (1838) III. 179 To confute the whims and superstitious nugacities of these Sermons. 1829Southey in Q. Rev. XXXIX. 111 Throat-choking..nugacities of hyper-grammatical..absurdity. |