Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nugacious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nu-ga-cious
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Trivial, trifling or of little importance.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"How many are the ſpurious Authors of theſe Arts; that have uſurped to themſelves the names and titles of holy men, and of men more famous in their own way; on purpoſe to vend their nugacious fables, and preſtigious impoſtures with more eſteem?"
"’Tis theſe nugacious Diſputations, that have been the great hinderance to the more improveable parts of Learning: […]"
"Like the Monastic Orders, which were continually subdividing upon some quarrel of reform, .. for the restoration of old observances, or the introduction of new; sometimes for things as nugacious as the colour of a habit, or the shape of a cowl."

Etymology

From Latin nūgax, nūgācis (“trifling”) + -ous.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: nūgax

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more nugacious (comparative) most nugacious (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

nugacity nugatory

Questions

What does nugacious mean?: Trivial, trifling or of little importance.
Where does nugacious come from?: From Latin nūgax, nūgācis (“trifling”) + -ous.

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