nullifidian
/ˌnʌ.ləˈfɪd.i.ən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonyms: apostate, heretic, infidel (either coordinate or synonymous depending on the beliefs of the speaker or writer)"
- "[I]n their eyes, a lukewarm Presbyterian was little better than a Prelatist, an Anti-covenanter, and a Nullifidian."
- "[I]n case thou shoulds't hollo for assistance, as yonder Nullifidian hath it."
- "[I]t must be obvious to you that women are destined to play the leading part in our Christian renascence, precisely as they did in the original speading of the faith. […] A man may be content to remain a nullifidian; women cannot rest at that stage. They demand the spiritual significance of everything."
- "And then we all went to church, Christians and nullifidians both, and we all sang praise to whatever force it was that had stilled the storm and saved the town, and the Reverend Kline spoke of Elijah taken up to heaven in a whirlwind and said how at times we need the storm, the whirlwind, the earthquake."
- "[…] Celia was no longer the eternal cherub, but a thorn in her spirit, a pink-and-white nullifidian, worse than any discouraging presence in the 'Pilgrim's Progress.'"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinosder. Proto-Italic *noinolos Latin nūllusder. Old French nul Middle French nulbor. English null Latin -i-bor. English -i- English nulli- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ-der. Latin fidēs Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English nullifidian From nulli- (prefix meaning ‘null; no’) + Latin fidēs (“belief, faith”) + English -ian (suffix meaning ‘one belonging to, from, like, or relating to’, forming nouns; and ‘from, like, or related to’ forming adjectives) (compare Late Latin nullifidius (“infidel”)): * Nulli- is derived from Latin nūllus (“not any”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos, *óynos (“one; single”). * Fidēs is from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (“to convince; to trust”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: nūllus, *h₁óynos, *bʰeydʰ-
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌnʌ.ləˈfɪd.i.ən/
- British English: /ˌnʌ.lɪˈfɪd.i.ən/