Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adv. Out of nothing.
Wiktionary
- adj. from or out of nothing.
- adv. from or out of nothing.
Etymologies
- Latin “out of nothing” (Wiktionary)
- Latin ex nihilō : ex, out of + nihilō, ablative of nihil, nothing. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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The Latin Doctor is Greek to me
Biology Students, Gladiators, Devil Dogs & Harry Potter
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Out of this world via the "X-express".
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Latinate
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My Favorite Words
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Words I learnt at law school
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For stuff to simply reside.
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Nihilarity
Absurdity, dark art, radicalism, anger, tragic irony, and nothingness. Tee-hee!
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words worth remembering
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philosophy/Theory
Difficult Jargon
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whichbe A Latin term meaning "out of nothing." May 29, 2008