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vox nihili

Syllables: vox ni·hi·liUK/ˌvɒksˈnɪhɪlaɪ/US/ˈvɒks ˈnaɪ hɪˌlaɪ/

vox nihili noun: a useless or ambiguous phrase or sentiment.

Noun

vox nihili (plural voces nihili)

  1. (rhetoric) A useless or ambiguous phrase or sentiment.
  2. A spelling or textual error.
    • There is no reference at this point to a word A-i-w-xt ꜣꞽw which Brugsch found in a late Book of the Dead, and which may in fact be a vox nihili.1948, Alan Gardiner, “The First Two Pages of the Wörterbuch”, in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, volume 34, page 16

Forms of vox nihili

pluralvoces nihili

Origin of vox nihili

From Latin vōx (“voice”) + nihilī (“of nothing”). See also vox populi.

Questions about vox nihili

What does vox nihili mean?
Vox nihili means a useless or ambiguous phrase or sentiment.
What part of speech is vox nihili?
Vox nihili is a noun.
How do you pronounce vox nihili?
Vox nihili is pronounced /ˌvɒksˈnɪhɪlaɪ/ (UK).
What is the plural of vox nihili?
The plural of vox nihili is voces nihili.

Words near vox nihili in the dictionary

  1. vox angelica
  2. vox angelicas
  3. vox caelestis
  4. vox humana
  5. vox humanas
  6. vox nihili
  7. vox pop
  8. vox pops
  9. vox populi
  10. voxel
  11. voxelate

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