| 单词 | thing of nought |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthing of nought b. thing of nought: a mere nothing; a person or thing of no worth or value. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant thing of noughtc1425 nothing such1579 of nothing1583 nullitya1591 O1608 ciphera1616 zero1650 flinga1661 leather and prunella1734 small change1822 minus quantity1843 nuthin'1843 nothingburger1953 the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [noun] > that which is non-existent > a thing that does not exist > a mere nothing thing of noughtc1425 nullitya1591 nihileity1603 nihility1765 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 1150 (MED) Grete damagis..Grekis han vp-on vs wrouȝt, With-oute cause, for a þing of nouȝt. c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 2050 (MED) Hit was but a whew, A dreme, a fantasy, & a thyng of nought. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Cviiv They be constrayned to sell it for a thyng of nought. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. x. 157 Seeing that a thing of nought is able to doe so much. 1611 Bible (King James) Isa. xxix. 21 That..turne aside the iust for a thing of nought . View more context for this quotation 1743 R. Blair Grave 37 Each Earth-born Joy grows vile, or disappears, Shrunk to a Thing of Nought. 1823 W. Tennant Cardinal Beaton ii. iii. 53 Give, give, to daughter, spouse, and family, Him whom thy dungeons, for a thing of nought, A bauble of scarce punishable fault, Hold. 1867 E. H. Plumptre tr. Sophocles Oedipus the King in tr. Sophocles Trag. (ed. 2) 44 Ah, race of mortal men, How as a thing of nought I count ye. 1903 I. Wilkinson in Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 304/2 [North Yorkshire] A thing of nought [a valueless trifle]. a1931 T. S. Moore Jonathan in Poems (1931) 172 Scorned as a thing of nought... No better fed than dogs. 2000 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 12 Dec. 24 This..merely highlights the cold-shower effect of watching Monaghan's flaccid drama being chilled to a thing of nought by director Izzy Mant. < as lemmas |
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