nugacity

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]

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