nullo

[ nuhl-oh ]

noun

, plural nul·los.

1. (in certain card games) a bid to take no tricks.

Word History and Origins

Origin of nullo¹

1590–1600; < Italian: none < Latin nūllus null

Example Sentences

Nullo modo, nullisque de causis, hostibus Dei parcendum est.

From Project Gutenberg

This view is the basis of the dictum de omni et nullo, on which is supposed to rest the validity of all reasoning.

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Bis ab Hannibale captus, bis vinculorum eius profugus, viginti mensibus nullo non die in catenis aut compedibus custoditus.

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Tandem adflicta valetudine in Campaniam concessit, ubi, remisso ad otium animo, nullo hilaritatis genere abstinuit.

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The long and stubborn opposition to the exaction of ship-money, 'Voted illegal and entered nullo contradicente,' is given.

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