nienten.int.

Brit.

/nɪˈɛnteɪ/, U.S.

/niˈɛnteɪ/

Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian niente.

Etymology: < Italian niente nothing (13th cent. or earlier; also 13th cent. or earlier as adjective in sense ‘no’), of uncertain origin (see discussion at néant n.). Compare earlier dolce far niente n., far niente n.Not fully naturalized in English.

1. Music. Nothing; the point at which no further sound is discernible.Used (esp. in the work of Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958), British composer) in musical directions requiring that the sound or tone should fade away gradually to nothing.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > notation > [noun] > crescendo or diminuendo signs > fade away to nothing

niente1920

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > volume > [noun] > decrease in volume > fade away to nothing

niente1959

1907 C. V. Stanford Stabat Mater (vocal score) ii. 58 (direction) Quasi niente.]

1920 R. Vaughan Williams London Symphony (music score) (rev. ed.) ii. 98 (direction) Niente.

1959 D. Cooke Lang. Music v. 253 The slow finale,..a hopeless wandering through a dead world ending literally in niente (Vaughan Williams's favourite word for a final fade-out of any kind)—nothingness.

1963 A. E. F. Dickinson Vaughan Williams vii. 198 Rhapsody here reaches a new point of indeterminate finish, niente, and in a symphony.

1992 Gramophone July 53/2 Its final pages include the instruction ‘becoming softer as if dying away in the distance’ and..quite apart from Mackerras's other attributes..his control of the familiar Delian concluding fade to niente is quite unsurpassed.

2. Nothing (more), not anything. Also as int.Cf. earlier dolce far niente n., far niente n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [noun] > nothing > nothing at all

noughtOE

neither tip nor toe1610

nix1781

damn the haet1787

no nothing1815

zero1823

all1842

neither hide nor hair1857

zip1900

nixie1906

damn all1910

fuck-all1916

Fanny Adams1919

bugger-all1921

S.F.A.1933

not a sausage1938

shit1949

zilch1956

eff-all1958

sod all1958

diddly-squat1963

diddly1964

jack-all1965

niente1969

zippo1973

feck-all1975

hee-haw1975

naff all1977

jack squat1986

a1930 D. H. Lawrence Compl. Poems (1964) II. 824 Nullus, nullus, nothing and nought Nichts and niente, rien and nada.]

1969 Y. Carter Mr. Campion's Farthing xviii. 179 I'm not going to wear any more of it. Niente.

1992 Condé Nast Traveler Feb. 72/3 Mandela on its hill above the road looked promising but an unproud resident insisted it was niente.

2000 Minx Aug. 30/1 You are niente in bonkers celebrity circles these days without an obscure, peculiar and downright bizarre diet regime.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	niente
释义	nienten.int. Brit. /nɪˈɛnteɪ/, U.S. /niˈɛnteɪ/ Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian niente. Etymology: < Italian niente nothing (13th cent. or earlier; also 13th cent. or earlier as adjective in sense ‘no’), of uncertain origin (see discussion at néant n.). Compare earlier dolce far niente n., far niente n.Not fully naturalized in English. 1. Music. Nothing; the point at which no further sound is discernible.Used (esp. in the work of Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958), British composer) in musical directions requiring that the sound or tone should fade away gradually to nothing. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > notation > [noun] > crescendo or diminuendo signs > fade away to nothing niente1920 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > volume > [noun] > decrease in volume > fade away to nothing niente1959 1907 C. V. Stanford Stabat Mater (vocal score) ii. 58 (direction) Quasi niente.] 1920 R. Vaughan Williams London Symphony (music score) (rev. ed.) ii. 98 (direction) Niente. 1959 D. Cooke Lang. Music v. 253 The slow finale,..a hopeless wandering through a dead world ending literally in niente (Vaughan Williams's favourite word for a final fade-out of any kind)—nothingness. 1963 A. E. F. Dickinson Vaughan Williams vii. 198 Rhapsody here reaches a new point of indeterminate finish, niente, and in a symphony. 1992 Gramophone July 53/2 Its final pages include the instruction ‘becoming softer as if dying away in the distance’ and..quite apart from Mackerras's other attributes..his control of the familiar Delian concluding fade to niente is quite unsurpassed. 2. Nothing (more), not anything. Also as int.Cf. earlier dolce far niente n., far niente n. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [noun] > nothing > nothing at all noughtOE neither tip nor toe1610 nix1781 damn the haet1787 no nothing1815 zero1823 all1842 neither hide nor hair1857 zip1900 nixie1906 damn all1910 fuck-all1916 Fanny Adams1919 bugger-all1921 S.F.A.1933 not a sausage1938 shit1949 zilch1956 eff-all1958 sod all1958 diddly-squat1963 diddly1964 jack-all1965 niente1969 zippo1973 feck-all1975 hee-haw1975 naff all1977 jack squat1986 a1930 D. H. Lawrence Compl. Poems (1964) II. 824 Nullus, nullus, nothing and nought Nichts and niente, rien and nada.] 1969 Y. Carter Mr. Campion's Farthing xviii. 179 I'm not going to wear any more of it. Niente. 1992 Condé Nast Traveler Feb. 72/3 Mandela on its hill above the road looked promising but an unproud resident insisted it was niente. 2000 Minx Aug. 30/1 You are niente in bonkers celebrity circles these days without an obscure, peculiar and downright bizarre diet regime. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.int.1920
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