nisus
/ˈnʌɪsəs/Now chiefly Philosophy
noun
Effort, endeavour; (now) especially impulse, tendency.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. From classical Latin nīsus effort, endeavour, tendency from nītī to strive, to exert oneself + -tus, suffix forming verbal nouns.
- household franchise
- household gods
- household goods
- household infantry
- householding
- household linen
- household loaf
- householdly
- householdman
- household management
- householdment
- household name
- householdness
- household product
- householdry
- household science
- household servant
- household stuff
- household suffrage
- household sugar
- household troops
- household word
- householdy
- house-hunt
- house-hunter