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nill
[ nil ]
verb (used without object)
, nilled, nill·ing.
- to be unwilling:
will he, nill he.
verb (used with object)
, nilled, nill·ing.
- to refuse or reject.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of nill1
before 900; Middle English nillen, Old English nyllan, contraction of phrase ne willan ; no 1, will 1, willy-nilly
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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?
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Will you nill you, the men-at-arms will follow me to victory!
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Count upward from the bottom of the second column, and the 46th word is “nill he,” so printed for concealment.
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Will I, nill I, the ineffable thing has tied me to him; tows me with a cable I have no knife to cut.
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The chances are his mind will fly off, will-he-nill-he, to some utterly different matter.
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