nugacity

American  

[noo-gas-i-tee, nyoo-] / nuˈgæs ɪ ti, nyu- /

noun

PLURAL

nugacities

1. triviality; insignificance.

2. something insignificant or inconsequential; a trifle.

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Usage

What does nugacity mean?

A nugacity is something trivial or unimportant. Nugacity can also mean the quality of being trivial or unimportant.

Nugacity is obscure and rarely used. It is related to the adjectives nugacious and nugatory, both of which mean “trivial” or “unimportant.”

Example: Many biology majors feel like the one required art class is a nugacity that doesn’t add to their education.

Etymology

Origin of nugacity

1585–95; < Late Latin nūgācitās, equivalent to nūgāc- ( nugacious ) + -itās -ity