nihiln.

Brit.

/ˈnʌɪhɪl/,

/ˈnɪhᵻl/, U.S.

/ˈnaɪˌhɪl/,

/ˈniˌhɪl/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin nihil, nihilum.

Etymology: < classical Latin nihil nothing, variant of nihilum < ne- not (see ne adv.¹) + hīlum a minimal quantity (see hilum n.). N.E.D. (1907) gives only the pronunciation (nəi·hil) /ˈnaɪhɪl/.

1. Nothing. Frequently as a count noun: a thing of no worth or value. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > worthless

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crud1943

Mickey Mouse1958

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pants1994

1579 G. Harvey Wks. (1884) I. 124 Counters, which nowe and then stande for hundreds and thousands, by and bye for odd halfpens or farthinges, are other whiles for very nihils.

1623 I. Bargrave Serm. (1624) 22 While they would be both papists and protestants, they are, indeede, newters and nihils.

a1627 T. Middleton et al. Widdow (1652) i. i. 4 Look you; all these are Nihils, They want the punction.

1700 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding (new ed.) ii. viii. 60 We have negative Names, which stand not directly for positive Ideas, but for their absence, such as Insipid, silence, Nihil, &c.

1944 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 49 491 There are too many logically different nihils.

1974 18th-cent. Stud. 8 186 The long history of nihils, beginning with the pre-Socratics, makes Rochester traditional rather than revolutionary.

2. Law. The return made by a sheriff to the exchequer in cases where the party named in the writ has no goods upon which a levy can be made.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [noun] > seizing lands or goods > attachment of person or property for debt > seizure by sheriff's officer > return made for no seizable goods

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1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Yy3 Nihil..is a word set vpon a debt illeuiable, by the foreine Apposer in the Exchequer.

1629–30 J. Mead in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times Charles I (1848) (modernized text) II. 62 A commission was directed..to inquire into his lands and goods, and to seize upon them for the king, but they returned a nihil.

1684 T. Manley Νομοθετης: Cowell's Interpreter (ed. 2) sig. Zz2 Nihil or Nichil, is a word which the Sheriff answers, that is apposed concerning Debts illeviable, and that are nothing worth, by reason of the insufficiency of the Parties from whom they are due.

1805 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. V. 346 If the sheriff returned nihil upon the summons, an alias and a pluries issued.

1814 W. W. Cooke Rep. Supreme Court Tennessee 1 362 They would not be bound by the judgment..unless the sheriff were to return scire feci, and name them: a return of two nihils would not answer.

1938 Federal Reporter (Lexis) 2nd Ser. 100 91 It is well settled that a judgment of revivor may be rendered..upon two successive returns of nihil.

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

单词	nihil
释义	nihiln. Brit. /ˈnʌɪhɪl/, /ˈnɪhᵻl/, U.S. /ˈnaɪˌhɪl/, /ˈniˌhɪl/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin nihil, nihilum. Etymology: < classical Latin nihil nothing, variant of nihilum < ne- not (see ne adv.¹) + hīlum a minimal quantity (see hilum n.). N.E.D. (1907) gives only the pronunciation (nəi·hil) /ˈnaɪhɪl/. 1. Nothing. Frequently as a count noun: a thing of no worth or value. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > worthless hawc1000 turdc1275 fille1297 dusta1300 lead1303 skitc1330 naught1340 vanityc1340 wrakea1350 rushc1350 dirt1357 fly's wing1377 goose-wing1377 fartc1390 chaff?a1400 nutshella1400 shalec1400 yardc1400 wrack1472 pelfrya1529 trasha1529 dreg1531 trish-trash1542 alchemy1547 beggary?1548 rubbish1548 pelfa1555 chip1556 stark naught1562 paltry?1566 rubbish1566 riff-raff1570 bran1574 baggage1579 nihil1579 trush-trash1582 stubblea1591 tartar1590 garbage1592 bag of winda1599 a cracked or slit groat1600 kitchen stuff1600 tilta1603 nothing?1608 bauble1609 countera1616 a pair of Yorkshire sleeves in a goldsmith's shop1620 buttermilk1630 dross1632 paltrement1641 cattle1643 bagatelle1647 nothingness1652 brimborion1653 stuff1670 flap-dragon1700 mud1706 caput mortuuma1711 snuff1778 twaddle1786 powder-post1790 traffic1828 junk1836 duffer1852 shice1859 punk1869 hogwash1870 cagmag1875 shit1890 tosh1892 tripe1895 dreck1905 schlock1906 cannon fodder1917 shite1928 skunk1929 crut1937 chickenshit1938 crud1943 Mickey Mouse1958 gick1959 garbo1978 turd1978 pants1994 1579 G. Harvey Wks. (1884) I. 124 Counters, which nowe and then stande for hundreds and thousands, by and bye for odd halfpens or farthinges, are other whiles for very nihils. 1623 I. Bargrave Serm. (1624) 22 While they would be both papists and protestants, they are, indeede, newters and nihils. a1627 T. Middleton et al. Widdow (1652) i. i. 4 Look you; all these are Nihils, They want the punction. 1700 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding (new ed.) ii. viii. 60 We have negative Names, which stand not directly for positive Ideas, but for their absence, such as Insipid, silence, Nihil, &c. 1944 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 49 491 There are too many logically different nihils. 1974 18th-cent. Stud. 8 186 The long history of nihils, beginning with the pre-Socratics, makes Rochester traditional rather than revolutionary. 2. Law. The return made by a sheriff to the exchequer in cases where the party named in the writ has no goods upon which a levy can be made. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [noun] > seizing lands or goods > attachment of person or property for debt > seizure by sheriff's officer > return made for no seizable goods nichil1584 nihil1607 nulla bona1641 nil1798 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Yy3 Nihil..is a word set vpon a debt illeuiable, by the foreine Apposer in the Exchequer. 1629–30 J. Mead in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times Charles I (1848) (modernized text) II. 62 A commission was directed..to inquire into his lands and goods, and to seize upon them for the king, but they returned a nihil. 1684 T. Manley Νομοθετης: Cowell's Interpreter (ed. 2) sig. Zz2 Nihil or Nichil, is a word which the Sheriff answers, that is apposed concerning Debts illeviable, and that are nothing worth, by reason of the insufficiency of the Parties from whom they are due. 1805 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. V. 346 If the sheriff returned nihil upon the summons, an alias and a pluries issued. 1814 W. W. Cooke Rep. Supreme Court Tennessee 1 362 They would not be bound by the judgment..unless the sheriff were to return scire feci, and name them: a return of two nihils would not answer. 1938 Federal Reporter (Lexis) 2nd Ser. 100 91 It is well settled that a judgment of revivor may be rendered..upon two successive returns of nihil. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † nihilv. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: nihil n. Etymology: < nihil n. Obsolete. rare. transitive. = nichil v. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [verb (transitive)] > seize for debt > seize debtor's goods > mark as illeviable by sheriff nihil1607 nichil1620 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. P4 Clerk of the Nihils..is an officer in the Exchequer, that maketh a rolle of all such summes, as are nihiled by the shyreeues vpon their estreats of greene waxe. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1579v.1607
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nihiln.

† nihilv.