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nugacious

nugacious adjective: trivial, trifling or of little importance.

Adjective

nugacious (comparative more nugacious, superlative most nugacious)

  1. (archaic) Trivial, trifling or of little importance.
    • How many are the ſpurious Authors of theſe Arts; that have uſurped to themſelves the names and titles of holy men, and of men more famous in their own way; on purpoſe to vend their nugacious fables, and preſtigious impoſtures with more eſteem?1652, John Gaule, “From the testimony of Authority”, in Πῦς-μαντία [Pûs-mantía]. The Mag-Astro-Mancer, or, The Magicall-Astrologicall-Diviner Posed, and Puzzled., London: […] Joshua Kirton […], page...
    • ’Tis theſe nugacious Diſputations, that have been the great hinderance to the more improveable parts of Learning: […]1661, Joseph Glanvill, “Chap[ter] XVII. […]”, in The Vanity of Dogmatizing: Or Confidence in Opinions. […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC, page 165

Forms of nugacious

comparativemore nugacious
superlativemost nugacious

Origin of nugacious

From Latin nūgax, nūgācis (“trifling”) + -ous.

Questions about nugacious

What does nugacious mean?
Nugacious means trivial, trifling or of little importance.
What part of speech is nugacious?
Nugacious is an adjective.

Words near nugacious in the dictionary

  1. nuffin'
  2. nuffink
  3. nuffy
  4. nug
  5. Nug Nug
  6. nugacious
  7. nugacity
  8. Nugara
  9. nugation
  10. nugations
  11. nugatorily

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