Associations to the word «Nil»

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

Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.
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