nonnihil

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Latin

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Etymology

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Univerbation of nōn (“not”) +‎ nihil (“nothing”).

Nomen

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nōnnihil n (indeclinable)

  1. A certain amount

Adverb

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nonnihil (not comparable)

  1. In some measure; somewhat

References

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  • “nonnihil”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nonnihil in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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