nullo

American  

[nuhl-oh] / ˈnʌl oʊ /

noun

nullos plural

1. (in certain card games) a bid to take no tricks.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• nullos
  plural

Etymology

Origin of nullo

1590–1600; < Italian: none < Latin nūllus null

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

nullo nullos

There are many things “quae nullo numero explicari possunt,” and to understand these things we must abstract altogether from the idea of number.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various

"To learn to be content not to be content"—that is the secret—but meanwhile I stumble in dark paths, through the grove nullo penetrabilis astro, where men have wandered before now.

From The Altar Fire by Benson, Arthur Christopher

And this flexibility and elasticity had never been taught her by rule, nor even been acquired by observation, but, nullo cultu, had naturally developed itself with her years.

From Desperate Remedies by Hardy, Thomas

Then comes the second clause of Francesca’s creed—Amor, che a nullo amato amar perdona: true love must needs beget love in return.

From Chaucer and His England by Coulton, G. G.

Ah! gentlemen! you say that we are not a king to reign dapifero nullo, buticulario nullo!

From Notre-Dame De Paris by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

The thin young lady, who had obliged with the vocal selections, asked the captain if he played "nullos."

From Cap'n Dan's Daughter by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby

"Tali tua membra sepulchro, Talibus exuram Stygio cum carmine Sylvis, Ut nullos cantata Magos exaudiat umbra," said an enchantress, in Lucan, to a spirit she evoked.

From The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. by Christmas, Henry