† mean-nothingn.
Obsolete. rare.
A meaningless or insincere phrase.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > [noun] > instance of
non-significant1605
nonsense1650
insignificancy1651
mean-nothing1654
insignificant1816
unmeaningness1864
phlizz1889
small fry1893
1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 387 I tell you for your good, and, what is it to me?..with many such non-significants, or mean-nothings.
1867 Galaxy June 150 You have talked for hours with some fair lady, interchanging those pleasant, mean-nothings which make up the warp and woof of that tinsel fabric, a flirtation!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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