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nugacious, a. Now rare.|njuːˈgeɪʃəs| [f. L. nūgāci-s, nūgax trifling + -ous.] Trivial, trifling, of no moment or importance.
1652Gaule Magastrom. 57 On purpose to vend their nugacious fables and prestigious impostures with more esteem. Ibid. 189 These nugacious kinds of men. 1661Glanvill Van. Dogm. 165 'Tis these nugacious Disputations, that have been the great hinderance to..Learning. 1829Southey Sir T. More II. 61 Things as nugacious as the colour of a habit, or the shape of a cowl. Hence nuˈgaciousness (Bailey, vol. II, 1727). |