VOX NIHILI
\vˈɒks nˈa͡ɪəlˌi], \vˈɒks nˈaɪəlˌi], \v_ˈɒ_k_s n_ˈaɪ_ə_l_ˌi]\
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(Gram.) An expression = no such word, but only a mere conjecture, or a false reading, or an error of some sort. For an example, vide Abacot. So Collimation (q.v.) is not really a word, but should have been Collineation. Examples abound in the Supplices of Aeschylus.
By Henry Percy Smith
Word of the day
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).