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nil desperandum

/nɪl dɛspəˈɹændəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

Syllables
nil des-peran-dum
IPA
/nɪl dɛspəˈɹændəm/
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

Do not despair.

Etymology

Latin nīl ‘nothing’, dēspērandum, gerund of dēspērāre ‘despair’, as used in Nil desperandum Teucro duce et auspice Teucro ‘no need to despair with Teucer as your leader and Teucer to protect you’, in Horace, Odes.

Questions

How do you pronounce nil desperandum?
The recorded pronunciation is /nɪl dɛspəˈɹændəm/.
What does nil desperandum mean?
Do not despair.
Where does nil desperandum come from?
Latin nīl ‘nothing’, dēspērandum, gerund of dēspērāre ‘despair’, as used in Nil desperandum Teucro duce et auspice Teucro ‘no need to despair with Teucer as your leader and Teucer to protect you’, in Horace, Odes.

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