Word of the Day: Nugacity
PRONUNCIATION: [noo-gas-i-tee, nyoo-]
MEANING:
noun: Futility; trifling talk or behavior; drollery.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin nugax (trifling), from nugari (to trifle). Earliest documented use: 1572.
USAGE: "For many, the Beachcomber column has been an oasis of nugacity in an otherwise worthy landscape."
Beachcomber; The Daily Express (London, UK); Jan 9, 2006.
PRONUNCIATION: [noo-gas-i-tee, nyoo-]
MEANING:
noun: Futility; trifling talk or behavior; drollery.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin nugax (trifling), from nugari (to trifle). Earliest documented use: 1572.
Beachcomber; The Daily Express (London, UK); Jan 9, 2006.
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