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nill
[ nil ]
verb (used without object)
- to be unwilling:
will he, nill he.
verb (used with object)
- to refuse or reject.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of nill1
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Example Sentences
Sir, said Epinegris, is that the rule of you errant knights for to make a knight to joust, will he or nill?
Will you nill you, the men-at-arms will follow me to victory!
Count upward from the bottom of the second column, and the 46th word is “nill he,” so printed for concealment.
Will I, nill I, the ineffable thing has tied me to him; tows me with a cable I have no knife to cut.
The chances are his mind will fly off, will-he-nill-he, to some utterly different matter.
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