nullifidian
English
Etymology
From Latin nūllus (“not any”) + fidēs (“faith”) + -ian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌnʌl.əˈfɪd.i.ən/, /nul-/
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Noun
nullifidian (plural nullifidians)
- A sceptic; an atheist or unbeliever.
- 1871, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter IV, in Middlemarch […], volume I, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, OCLC 948783829, book I, page 56:
- [...] Celia was no longer the eternal cherub, but a thorn in her spirit, a pink-and-white nullifidian, worse than any discouraging presence in the 'Pilgrim's Progress.'
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Adjective
nullifidian
- Of no faith or religion; not trusting to faith for salvation.
Antonyms
- solifidian
References
- nullifidian in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913