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noun
An unimportant or insignificant person or thing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The state of not existing; nonexistence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a person of no influence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: cipher, cypher, nobody
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: commoner, common man, common person
Narrower terms: pip-squeak, squirt, small fry, whippersnapper, jackanapes, lightweight
noun
the state of not existing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: nonexistence
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nonbeing
Narrower terms: unreality, irreality, nothingness, void, nullity, nihility, impossibility, impossibleness
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h1óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *h1es- Proto-Indo-European *h1ésti Proto-Indo-European *bhuH- Proto-Indo-European *bhúHt Proto-Italic *ezom~*som Old Latin 𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌 (esom) Old Latin esum Latin sumbf. Latin ēns Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Medieval Latin entitāsbor. English entity English nonentity From non- + entity.
Across languages
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
