"nill" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /nɪl/
Rhymes: -ɪl Etymology: Compare Irish and Gaelic neul star, light. Compare nebula. Etymology templates: {{m|ga|neul}} neul, {{m|en|nebula}} nebula Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} nill
  1. Shining sparks thrown off from melted brass.
    Sense id: en-nill-en-noun-x8hRXZ8E
  2. Scales of hot iron from the forge.
    Sense id: en-nill-en-noun-ewGpYmMY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

IPA: /nɪl/
Rhymes: -ɪl Etymology: From Medieval Latin nil and nihil (“nothing”) to represent German nichts and nix (“nothing”), confused with Latin nix (“snow, snow-white thing”), used for white forms of zinc oxide. Doublet of nihil album. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ML.|nil}} Medieval Latin nil, {{m|ML.|nihil||nothing}} nihil (“nothing”), {{der|en|de|nichts}} German nichts, {{m|de|nix||nothing}} nix (“nothing”), {{der|en|la|nix||snow, snow-white thing}} Latin nix (“snow, snow-white thing”), {{doublet|en|nihil album}} Doublet of nihil album Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} nill (uncountable)
  1. (obsolete) Synonym of zinc oxide, particularly white forms used in medicine and cosmetics. Tags: obsolete, uncountable Categories (topical): Cosmetics, Pharmacology, Pharmacy Synonyms: zinc oxide [synonym, synonym-of], particularly white forms used in medicine and cosmetics [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-nill-en-noun-Fv2clizP Disambiguation of Cosmetics: 13 4 66 8 9 1 Disambiguation of Pharmacology: 20 5 58 6 4 7 Disambiguation of Pharmacy: 13 6 60 7 6 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 4 38 12 15 5 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 23 5 42 12 13 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb [English]

IPA: /nɪl/ Forms: nills [present, singular, third-person], nilling [participle, present], nilled [participle, past], nilled [past], nould [obsolete, participle, past], nould [obsolete, past]
Rhymes: -ɪl Etymology: From Middle English nillen, from Old English nyllan (“to not want”), corresponding to ne + will. Cognate with Old Frisian nelle. Unrelated to Latin nolo which is constructed the same way, but the morphemes that compound both verbs are cognates. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|nillen}} Middle English nillen, {{inh|en|ang|nyllan||to not want}} Old English nyllan (“to not want”), {{compound|en|ne|will}} ne + will, {{cog|ofs|nelle}} Old Frisian nelle, {{noncog|la|nolo}} Latin nolo Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=nould|past2_qual=obsolete}} nill (third-person singular simple present nills, present participle nilling, simple past and past participle nilled or (obsolete) nould)
  1. (modal auxiliary, obsolete) To be unwilling; will not (+ infinitive). Tags: auxiliary, modal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-nill-en-verb-gpgLjc~F
  2. (intransitive, archaic) To be unwilling. Tags: archaic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-nill-en-verb-IijGq5Eb
  3. (transitive, archaic) To reject, refuse, negate. Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-nill-en-verb-4ZF09Cch
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: willy-nilly
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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        "Synonym of zinc oxide, particularly white forms used in medicine and cosmetics."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "zinc oxide#English"
        ],
        [
          "particularly",
          "particularly"
        ],
        [
          "white",
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        ],
        [
          "form",
          "form"
        ],
        [
          "use",
          "use"
        ],
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "cosmetics",
          "cosmetics"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Synonym of zinc oxide, particularly white forms used in medicine and cosmetics."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "zinc oxide"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "particularly white forms used in medicine and cosmetics"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪl"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɪl/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "nil"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nill"
}

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