nullo
/ˈnʌ.loʊ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who has their genitals (and sometimes nipples) surgically removed (nullification) as a form of body modification.
Example Sentences
- "If the adversaries of a nullo revoke, the declarer can give them three of his tricks, or take 100 in honours as penalty. If he revokes, they take 100 penalty as usual. SUGGESTIONS FOR BIDDING. The dealer should never bid a nullo originally ..."
- "It takes a better nullo hand to raise nullos than to bid them. Dummy shows. A player who has once been called off from nullos by his partner should never return to them."
- "This public presentation of the mutilation of the penis is not obviously very different from the forms of disassembly of the penis engaged in by male body modifiers – particularly nullos and transgenders – on the Body Modification Ezine website."
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 ō Old French ohbor. Middle English o English O ▲ Middle English o English oh English -o English nullo From null + -o.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈnʌ.loʊ/
- British English: /ˈnʌ.ləʊ/