Friday word: Nugatory
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1word1dayNugatory sounds creamy and delicious but it means unimportant, of no value or useless; futile.
From Latin nugatorius; from nugari "to trifle"; from nugae, or "jests."
Source (check out the other 10 words, too! Some of them had been featured on this comm before):
11 Words that don't mean what they sound like, from Mental Floss
From Latin nugatorius; from nugari "to trifle"; from nugae, or "jests."
Source (check out the other 10 words, too! Some of them had been featured on this comm before):
11 Words that don't mean what they sound like, from Mental Floss
