nullo

[ nuhl-oh ]

/ ˈnʌl oʊ /

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noun, plural nul·los.

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

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Origin of nullo

1590–1600; <Italian: none <Latin nūllusnull

Words nearby nullo

nulli secundus, nullity, nullius filius, nullius juris, null method, nullo, null sequence, null-space, num., Numantia, Numantian

How to use nullo in a sentence

Nullo modo, nullisque de causis, hostibus Dei parcendum est.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots|Henry Baird
This view is the basis of the dictum de omni et nullo, on which is supposed to rest the validity of all reasoning.
Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic|William Stebbing
Bis ab Hannibale captus, bis vinculorum eius profugus, viginti mensibus nullo non die in catenis aut compedibus custoditus.
Selections from Viri Romae|Charles Franois L'Homond
Tandem adflicta valetudine in Campaniam concessit, ubi, remisso ad otium animo, nullo hilaritatis genere abstinuit.
Selections from Viri Romae|Charles Franois L'Homond

The long and stubborn opposition to the exaction of ship-money, 'Voted illegal and entered nullo contradicente,' is given.
Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts|Rosalind Northcote