Associations to the word «Nils»

Wiktionary

NIL, noun. Nothing; zero.
NIL DESPERANDUM, interjection. Do not despair.

Dictionary definition

NIL, noun. A quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke