Noun: Estimating something as worthless.
Example: "How much value you've put on my heart"
Oct 17, 2012
Oct 17, 2012 at 5:56 PM UTC
Noun: Estimating something as worthless.
Example: "How much value you've put on my heart"
(FLOK-si-NO-si-NY-HIL-i-PIL-i-fi-KAY-shuhn)
This word was coined by combining four Latin terms flocci, nauci, nihili, pili, all meaning something of little or no value, which were listed in the well-known "Eton Latin Grammar" of Eton College in the UK.
The Oxford English Dictionary shows the first use of the word by William Shetstone in 1777
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