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—nugaciousness, n./nooh gay"sheuhs, nyooh-/, adj.trivial; unimportant or insignificant; nugatory.[1645-55; < L nugac-, s. of nugax bungling (nug(ari) to trifle, quibble + -ax adj. suffix) + -IOUS]
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nugacious — nu·ga·cious … English syllables
nugacious — a. unimportant. ♦ nucity, n. triviality; futility. ♦ nugae, (Latin) n.pl. trifles … Dictionary of difficult words
nugacious — … Useful english dictionary
nugacity — /nooh gas i tee, nyooh /, n., pl. nugacities for 2. 1. triviality; insignificance. 2. something insignificant or inconsequential; a trifle. [1585 95; < LL nugacitas, equiv. to nugac (see NUGACIOUS) + itas ITY] * * * … Universalium
NG — Synonyms and related words: cheap, good for naught, good for nothing, junk, junky, no account, no good, not worth having, not worth mentioning, not worthwhile, nugacious, nugatory, shabby, shoddy, trashy, trivial, valueless, worthless … Moby Thesaurus
airy — Synonyms and related words: Barmecidal, Barmecide, Olympian, adulterated, aeolian, aerial, aeriform, aerodynamic, aerostatic, aery, air built, airish, airlike, airy, alfresco, altitudinous, animated, apparent, apparitional, ascending, asinine,… … Moby Thesaurus
asinine — Synonyms and related words: Boeotian, absurd, airy, apish, batty, beef brained, beef witted, befooled, beguiled, besotted, blockish, bovid, bovine, brainless, buffoonish, caprid, caprine, catchpenny, chumpish, cloddish, cockeyed, cowish, cowlike … Moby Thesaurus
barren — Synonyms and related words: abortive, acarpous, arid, bare, blah, bland, blank, bleached, bleak, bloodless, bootless, celibate, characterless, childless, clear, cold, colorless, counterproductive, dead, depleted, desert, desolate, devoid, dismal … Moby Thesaurus
bootless — Synonyms and related words: abortive, barren, counterproductive, effete, empty, etiolated, failed, failing, fatuitous, fatuous, feckless, fruitless, frustrating, futile, gainless, inadequate, inane, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious,… … Moby Thesaurus
cheap — Synonyms and related words: Mickey Mouse, NG, at cost, avaricious, bad, base, beggarly, beneath contempt, beneath one, brummagem, budget, cheapjack, cheaply, cheesy, chintzy, close, closefisted, coarse, common, contemptible, crummy, debasing,… … Moby Thesaurus
