Nunation vs Nugation - What's the difference?
nunation | nugation |
(grammar) A suffix ("-n") signifying a lack of syntactical definiteness of the noun or adjective in standard . It is written as a diacritic over the final letter.
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(rare, obsolete) The act or practice of trifling (focusing on the trivial or inconsequential.)
* 1826 , Francis Bacon, The Works of Francis Bacon , p13
As nouns the difference between nunation and nugation
is that nunation is (grammar) a suffix ("-n") signifying a lack of syntactical definiteness of the noun or adjective in standard it is written as a diacritic over the final letter while nugation is (rare|obsolete) the act or practice of trifling (focusing on the trivial or inconsequential).nunation
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Noun
(en noun)References
*Abboud, Peter F., Ernest N. McCarus, et al.'' (1983): ''Elementary Modern Standard Arabic 1: Pronunciation and Writing; Lessons 1-30 , Cambridge University Press, p. 110-1. ISBN 0-521-27295-5. *nugation
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(en noun)- 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 ...