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nihileity

nihileity is the obsolete form of nihility.

Meaning of nihility

Noun

nihility (countable and uncountable, plural nihilities)

  1. The state or fact of being nothing; nothingness, nullity; nonexistence.
    • Paeans and even poems have been written to the esoteric nature of the smallest building blocks of matter: how they manifest as everywhere and nowhere, seem to have come out of emptiness, and at the ultimate level seem to be distilled from pure nihility.2000, Gregg Easterbrook, “Review: The Quest for Quarks”, in The Wilson Quarterly, volume 24, number 1, page 110
  2. (countable, obsolete) A nonexistent thing; nothing.
    • Della Crusca says all past Actions are Nihilities; & that the immediate Instant is the whole of human Existence—A bad Accᵗ of it surely!1788 December 26, Hester Thrale Piozzi, Thraliana

Forms of nihileity

pluralnihileities

Questions about nihileity

What is nihileity the obsolete form of?
Nihileity is the obsolete form of nihility.

Words near nihileity in the dictionary

  1. nihilation
  2. nihilations
  3. nihilator
  4. nihilators
  5. nihileities
  6. nihileity
  7. nihilhood
  8. nihilianism
  9. nihilianist
  10. nihilianistic
  11. nihilianists

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