VOX NIHILI
\vˈɒks nˈa͡ɪəlˌi], \vˈɒks nˈaɪəlˌi], \v_ˈɒ_k_s n_ˈaɪ_ə_l_ˌi]\
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(Gram.) An expression = no such word, but only a mere conjecture, or a false reading, or an error of some sort. For an example, vide Abacot. So Collimation (q.v.) is not really a word, but should have been Collineation. Examples abound in the Supplices of Aeschylus.
By Henry Percy Smith
Word of the day
hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.