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nihility|naɪˈhɪlɪtɪ, nɪ-|
[ad. med.L. nihilitas, f. nihil nothing: see -ity. Cf. F. nihilité (Cotgr.).]
The quality or state of being nothing; non-existence, nullity.
1678Gale Crt. Gentiles iv. 514 This Nihilitie or Nothingnesse of the Creature is the same with its Passive power. 1725Watts Logic i. ii. §6 (ed. 2) 26 Not-Being is consider'd as excluding all Substance,..and this we call pure Nihility, or meer Nothing. 1794–6E. Darwin Zoon. (1801) IV. 90 Nor is there anyone..who has not at some moments felt the nihility of all things. 1831I. Taylor in Edward's Freedom of Will Introd. v. 103 We will apply this method of resolving an illusory notion into its proper nihility. 1874Whitney Oriental & Ling. Stud. 74 The basis..relied upon to establish the date of Buddha's entrance upon nihility.
b. With a and pl. A mere nothing, a trifle; a non-existent thing; a nullity.
1765Lond. Chron. 3 Jan. 11 After he had discharged all his nihilities, he returned with equal precipitation. 1794Mrs. Piozzi Synon. II. 66 Della Crusca..had been asserting that all past actions were nihilities. 1824De Quincey Analects Wks. 1860 XIV. 134 This universe—in comparison of which the positive universe would be itself a nihility. 1878F. Ferguson Life Christ II. xv. 316 Not the Son of a mere abstraction, of an infinite nihility. |