nihility
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Nor is there any one, I suppose, who has passed the meridian of life, who has not at some moments felt the nihility of all things.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
When we reach the latter, we feel an almost irresistible inclination to class it with spirit, or with nihility.
From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 by Poe, Edgar Allan
We treat it as a positive nihility, "a barrier from which all our batted balls of being rebound."
From Memories and Studies by James, Henry
Eternity is not of longer duration than one second spent in nihility.
From Four Short Stories By Emile Zola by Zola, Émile
There are many things on the Earth, which would be nihility to the inhabitants of Venus—many things visible and tangible in Venus, which we could not be brought to appreciate as existing at all.
From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 by Poe, Edgar Allan
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