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nill
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?l
- IPA(key): /n?l/
Homophone: nil
Etymology 1
From Middle English nillen, from Old English nillan, nellan, nyllan (“to be unwilling, refuse, prevent; not want to”), corresponding to ne +? will. Cognate with Old Frisian nelle. Unrelated to Latin nolo which is constructed the same way, but the morphemes that compound both verbs are cognates.
Verb
nill (third-person singular simple present nills, present participle nilling, simple past and past participle nilled or (obsolete) nould)
- (modal auxiliary, obsolete) To be unwilling; will not (+ infinitive).
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queen, III.v:
- I here auow thee neuer to forsake. / Ill weares he armes, that nill them vse for Ladies sake.
- 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, XII, lxi:
- What I nill tell you ask (quoth she) in vain, / Nor mov'd by prayer, nor constrain'd by power.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queen, III.v:
- (intransitive, archaic) To be unwilling.
- 1955, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings (Appendices):
- I must indeed abide the Doom of Men, whether I will or I nill.
- 1955, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings (Appendices):
- (transitive, archaic) To reject, refuse, negate.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queen, II.vii:
- Certes (said he) I n’ill thine offred grace, / Ne to be made so happy do intend […].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queen, II.vii:
Derived terms
- willy-nilly
Etymology 2
Compare Irish and Gaelic neul star, light. Compare nebula.
Noun
nill
- Shining sparks thrown off from melted brass.
- Scales of hot iron from the forge.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
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