ex nihiloadv.

/ɛks ˈnʌɪhɪləʊ/

Etymology: Latin ex out of + nihilō, ablative of nihil nothing.

Out of nothing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [adverb] > from or out of nothing

ex nihilo1573

1573–80 G. Harvey Let.-bk. 132 And then, in a fantasticall fitt, I cried owte, Ex nihilo nihil fitt.

1656 T. Keck Annotations in Sir T. Browne Religio medici (ed. 4) 209 They had defined creation to be the production of a thing ex nihilo.

a1680 T. Goodwin Wks. (1681) I. i. 341 The work of Grace is a work of Creation; and why a Creation? Because 'tis ex nihilo.

1855 Punch 17 Feb. 69/2 (heading) Ex Nihilo nihil fit—or unfit.

1920 M. Beer Hist. Brit. Socialism II. iv. xiv. 277 No man creates ex nihilo, but out of the materials supplied to him by his predecessors, his contemporaries, and his own experience.

1962 W. H. Auden Dyer's Hand (1963) i. 23 Even the language of Finnegans Wake was not created by Joyce ex nihilo.

1965 J. D. North Measure of Universe xviii. 399 The difficulty of accepting the idea of a creation ex nihilo was the source of much medieval casuistry.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	ex nihilo
释义	ex nihiloadv. /ɛks ˈnʌɪhɪləʊ/ Etymology: Latin ex out of + nihilō, ablative of nihil nothing. Out of nothing. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [adverb] > from or out of nothing ex nihilo1573 1573–80 G. Harvey Let.-bk. 132 And then, in a fantasticall fitt, I cried owte, Ex nihilo nihil fitt. 1656 T. Keck Annotations in Sir T. Browne Religio medici (ed. 4) 209 They had defined creation to be the production of a thing ex nihilo. a1680 T. Goodwin Wks. (1681) I. i. 341 The work of Grace is a work of Creation; and why a Creation? Because 'tis ex nihilo. 1855 Punch 17 Feb. 69/2 (heading) Ex Nihilo nihil fit—or unfit. 1920 M. Beer Hist. Brit. Socialism II. iv. xiv. 277 No man creates ex nihilo, but out of the materials supplied to him by his predecessors, his contemporaries, and his own experience. 1962 W. H. Auden Dyer's Hand (1963) i. 23 Even the language of Finnegans Wake was not created by Joyce ex nihilo. 1965 J. D. North Measure of Universe xviii. 399 The difficulty of accepting the idea of a creation ex nihilo was the source of much medieval casuistry. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adv.1573
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