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Meaning of nugation | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The act or practice of trifling (focusing on the trivial or inconsequential.)

countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable

Examples

“As for the received opinion, that putrefaction is caused, either by cold, or peregrine and preternatural heat, it is but nugation: for cold in things inanimate, is the greatest enemy that is to putrefaction […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

nugatoriness Nugatory Nugent nugg nuggar nuggbud

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