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† nuˈgation Obs.
[ad. med.L. nūgātio, f. L. nūgārī to trifle. Cf. obs. F. nugacion, It. nugazione.]
Trifling; speaking or acting in trifling manner; an instance of this.
1581Lambarde Eiren. iii. i. (1588) 318 Conveighing the Riotters unto the gaole: without which the arrest were but nugation. 1583Fulke Defence i. (1843) 144 Then followeth that vain nugation which I have noted against Saunder. 1602Warner Alb. Eng. Epit. 350 Many impertinent digressions, and some meere nugations. 1626Bacon Sylva §836 As for the Received Opinion,..it is but Nugation. 1664H. More Myst. Iniq. 309 If it were not determined to this sense it would rather be a Nugation..then an Interpretation. |