nugaciousadj.

Brit.

/njuːˈɡeɪʃəs/, U.S.

/nuˈɡeɪʃəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin nūgāci- , nūgāx , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin nūgāci-, nūgāx trifling, frivolous ( < nūgārī to trifle (see nugation n.) + -āx : see -acious suffix) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier nugacity n., nugatory adj.

Now rare.

Trivial, trifling; of no significance or importance.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective]

toyous1581

unpregnant1604

unconcerning1612

immomenta1616

importlessa1616

nothinga1616

unmomentary1624

unimportingc1625

unessential1634

matterlessa1650

inconcerning1650

nugacious1652

of good, bad, etc., consequence1654

immomentary1662

immomentous1726

unmomentous1735

unimportant1750

unconsequential1769

inconsequential1782

nothingless1822

small fry1828

uninterest1890

non-entitious1952

nothingburger1965

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 57 On purpose to vend their nugacious fables, and prestigious impostures with more esteem.

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 189 These nugacious kinds of men.

1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing 165 'Tis these nugacious Disputations, that have been the great hinderance to..Learning.

1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More II. 61 Things as nugacious as the colour of a habit, or the shape of a cowl.

1951 C. J. Ducasse Nature, Mind & Death xii. 222 It follows that if the term nature is to mean anything not wholly nugacious, then what it means is the material world and its processes.

Derivatives

† nugaciousness n. Obsolete rare

ΚΠ

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Nugaciousness [L. nugacitas] trifflingness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nugacious
释义	nugaciousadj. Brit. /njuːˈɡeɪʃəs/, U.S. /nuˈɡeɪʃəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin nūgāci- , nūgāx , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin nūgāci-, nūgāx trifling, frivolous ( < nūgārī to trifle (see nugation n.) + -āx : see -acious suffix) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier nugacity n., nugatory adj. Now rare. Trivial, trifling; of no significance or importance. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] toyous1581 unpregnant1604 unconcerning1612 immomenta1616 importlessa1616 nothinga1616 unmomentary1624 unimportingc1625 unessential1634 matterlessa1650 inconcerning1650 nugacious1652 of good, bad, etc., consequence1654 immomentary1662 immomentous1726 unmomentous1735 unimportant1750 unconsequential1769 inconsequential1782 nothingless1822 small fry1828 uninterest1890 non-entitious1952 nothingburger1965 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 57 On purpose to vend their nugacious fables, and prestigious impostures with more esteem. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 189 These nugacious kinds of men. 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing 165 'Tis these nugacious Disputations, that have been the great hinderance to..Learning. 1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More II. 61 Things as nugacious as the colour of a habit, or the shape of a cowl. 1951 C. J. Ducasse Nature, Mind & Death xii. 222 It follows that if the term nature is to mean anything not wholly nugacious, then what it means is the material world and its processes. Derivatives † nugaciousness n. Obsolete rare ΚΠ 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Nugaciousness [L. nugacitas] trifflingness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1652
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