What does nugacious mean?
Nugacious means (now rare) Trivial, trifling or of little importance..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(now rare) Trivial, trifling or of little importance..
How many are the ſpurious Authors of theſe Arts; that have uſurped to themſelves the names and titles of holy men, and of men more famous in their own way; on purpoſe to vend their nugacious fables, and preſtigious impoſtures with more eſteem?
’Tis theſe nugacious Diſputations, that have been the great hinderance to the more improveable parts of Learning: […]
Like the Monastic Orders, which were continually subdividing upon some quarrel of reform, .. for the restoration of old observances, or the introduction of new; sometimes for things as nugacious as the colour of a habit, or the shape of a cowl.
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Nugacious means (now rare) Trivial, trifling or of little importance..
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How many are the ſpurious Authors of theſe Arts; that have uſurped to themſelves the names and titles of holy men, and of men more famous in their own way; on purpoſe to vend their nugacious fables, and preſtigious impoſtures with more eſteem?
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