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nugation

nugation noun: the act or practice of trifling (focusing on the trivial or inconsequential.).

Noun

nugation (countable and uncountable, plural nugations)

  1. (obsolete, rare) The act or practice of trifling (focusing on the trivial or inconsequential.)
    • As for the received opinion, that putrefaction is caused, either by cold, or peregrine and preternatural heat, it is but nugation: for cold in things inanimate, is the greatest enemy that is to putrefaction […]1826, Francis Bacon, The Works of Francis Bacon, page 13

Forms of nugation

pluralnugations

Origin of nugation

From Latin nugatio (“chatter”).

Questions about nugation

What does nugation mean?
Nugation means the act or practice of trifling (focusing on the trivial or inconsequential.).
What part of speech is nugation?
Nugation is a noun.
What is the plural of nugation?
The plural of nugation is nugations.

Words near nugation in the dictionary

  1. nug
  2. Nug Nug
  3. nugacious
  4. nugacity
  5. Nugara
  6. nugation
  7. nugations
  8. nugatorily
  9. nugatoriness
  10. nugatory
  11. Nugent

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