Added 9 October 2026
nil
/nɪl/ noun
Latin root: nīl Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about nil at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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A quantity of no importance.
it looked like nothing I had ever seen before
Origin
Borrowed from Latin nīl, a contraction of nihil, nihilum (“nothing”). See nihilism, nihility.
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