nullon.

Brit.

/ˈnʌləʊ/, U.S.

/ˈnəloʊ/

Inflections: Plural nulloes, nullos.

Forms: also (in sense 2) with capital initial.

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

Etymology: < Italian †nullo (noun) nobody, no-one (c1224 as nullu ; 1598 in Florio glossed ‘no one, not any,..not any one’; compare nulla : see null n.¹) or nullo (adjective) not valid, characterized by nullity (see null adj.). In sense 2 apparently after German Null (in the passage translated in quot. 1893 at sense 2). Compare null n.¹

†1. A nought, a zero; esp. in Typography. Obsolete.

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the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [noun] > zero > nought or character zero

cipher1399

nullity1587

nullo1598

zero1604

null1648

naught1649

noughta1660

ought1821

aught1822

oh1908

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Zero, a sipher of naught, a nullo.

1654 B. Oley Some Notes of Publisher in T. Jackson Exact Coll. Wks. 3135 To reckon it [sc. pleasure], not only as a Nullo or Cypher..but as a meere Vacuum, or Nothing.

1680 W. de Britaine Humane Prudence ix. 25 I am not much concerned if the Plebeian Heads take me for the Image of a Flie, a Nullo, a Cypher.

1755 J. Smith Printer's Gram. iv. 68 To distinguish Nullo's or Noughts from Small-capital and from Lower-case o's..the Cypher is of a round make, and lean-faced.

1824 J. Johnson Typographia II. iv. 71 The nullo..may be used as a degree in geometrical works.

2. Cards. (a) A contract in some varieties of bridge and in certain other card games, in which the object is to win no tricks or to prevent the contract from being made (cf. misère n. 2). (b) In some varieties of contract bridge: each of the tricks beyond a total of six which a bidder can undertake to lose, when play is conducted in no trumps. Also in plural: (play in) no trumps when such a contract has been made.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > [noun] > varieties of

nullo1893

duplicate1894

auction bridge1903

auction1908

contract1908

duplicate bridge1929

plafond1929

rubber bridge1935

1893 ‘L. Hoffmann’ tr. A. Hertefeld Game of Skat 32 The principle of Nullo is, that the player undertakes to take no tricks. Should he win even a single trick, he has lost the game.

1897 R. F. Foster Compl. Hoyle 103 There is still another resource, to announce nullo, in which there is no trump, and the object of the players is to take as few tricks as possible.

1903 R. F. Foster Bridge Tactics 173 This [sc. Auction Bridge] is a rather interesting variety of bridge, and introduces the element of a misery, or nullo, for the consolation of the players who always hold poor cards.

1914 London Opinion 7 Feb. 231/1 The new ‘nullo’ call at auction bridge is catching on... The Editor of the Strand Magazine intends publishing an article about ‘nullos’ in the March number.

1929 M. C. Work Compl. Contract Bridge 241 Nullos, an unauthorized, and now obsolete, form of the game in which points were scored for losing instead of winning tricks.

1953 H. Phillips Pan Bk. Card Games (1960) 54 Smith cautiously passed; Jones bid three Nullos.

1953 H. Phillips Pan Bk. Card Games (1960) 56 ‘It's interesting,’ said Jones, ‘to speculate as to what would have happened had I taken my courage in both hands and made a game call in Nullos’.

1972 H. Phillips Pop. Bk. Card Games 375 Nullos with Contract scoring is an improvement on the original game, where the scoring and conditions are based on Auction.

1990 D. Parlett Hist. Card Games (1991) xvii. 232 From about 1914 onwards Florence Irwin tried to promote some form of Nullo-Auction, apparently unaware of Foster's ‘misery’ bid of 1903.

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

单词	nullo
释义	nullon. Brit. /ˈnʌləʊ/, U.S. /ˈnəloʊ/ Inflections: Plural nulloes, nullos. Forms: also (in sense 2) with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian nullo. Etymology: < Italian †nullo (noun) nobody, no-one (c1224 as nullu ; 1598 in Florio glossed ‘no one, not any,..not any one’; compare nulla : see null n.¹) or nullo (adjective) not valid, characterized by nullity (see null adj.). In sense 2 apparently after German Null (in the passage translated in quot. 1893 at sense 2). Compare null n.¹ †1. A nought, a zero; esp. in Typography. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [noun] > zero > nought or character zero cipher1399 nullity1587 nullo1598 zero1604 null1648 naught1649 noughta1660 ought1821 aught1822 oh1908 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Zero, a sipher of naught, a nullo. 1654 B. Oley Some Notes of Publisher in T. Jackson Exact Coll. Wks. 3135 To reckon it [sc. pleasure], not only as a Nullo or Cypher..but as a meere Vacuum, or Nothing. 1680 W. de Britaine Humane Prudence ix. 25 I am not much concerned if the Plebeian Heads take me for the Image of a Flie, a Nullo, a Cypher. 1755 J. Smith Printer's Gram. iv. 68 To distinguish Nullo's or Noughts from Small-capital and from Lower-case o's..the Cypher is of a round make, and lean-faced. 1824 J. Johnson Typographia II. iv. 71 The nullo..may be used as a degree in geometrical works. 2. Cards. (a) A contract in some varieties of bridge and in certain other card games, in which the object is to win no tricks or to prevent the contract from being made (cf. misère n. 2). (b) In some varieties of contract bridge: each of the tricks beyond a total of six which a bidder can undertake to lose, when play is conducted in no trumps. Also in plural: (play in) no trumps when such a contract has been made. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > [noun] > varieties of nullo1893 duplicate1894 auction bridge1903 auction1908 contract1908 duplicate bridge1929 plafond1929 rubber bridge1935 1893 ‘L. Hoffmann’ tr. A. Hertefeld Game of Skat 32 The principle of Nullo is, that the player undertakes to take no tricks. Should he win even a single trick, he has lost the game. 1897 R. F. Foster Compl. Hoyle 103 There is still another resource, to announce nullo, in which there is no trump, and the object of the players is to take as few tricks as possible. 1903 R. F. Foster Bridge Tactics 173 This [sc. Auction Bridge] is a rather interesting variety of bridge, and introduces the element of a misery, or nullo, for the consolation of the players who always hold poor cards. 1914 London Opinion 7 Feb. 231/1 The new ‘nullo’ call at auction bridge is catching on... The Editor of the Strand Magazine intends publishing an article about ‘nullos’ in the March number. 1929 M. C. Work Compl. Contract Bridge 241 Nullos, an unauthorized, and now obsolete, form of the game in which points were scored for losing instead of winning tricks. 1953 H. Phillips Pan Bk. Card Games (1960) 54 Smith cautiously passed; Jones bid three Nullos. 1953 H. Phillips Pan Bk. Card Games (1960) 56 ‘It's interesting,’ said Jones, ‘to speculate as to what would have happened had I taken my courage in both hands and made a game call in Nullos’. 1972 H. Phillips Pop. Bk. Card Games 375 Nullos with Contract scoring is an improvement on the original game, where the scoring and conditions are based on Auction. 1990 D. Parlett Hist. Card Games (1991) xvii. 232 From about 1914 onwards Florence Irwin tried to promote some form of Nullo-Auction, apparently unaware of Foster's ‘misery’ bid of 1903. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1598
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