nothingarian
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌnʌθɪŋˈ(ɡ)ɛə.ɹi.ən/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌnʌθɪŋˈ(ɡ)ɛ.ɹi.ən/
- Rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Noun
nothingarian (plural nothingarians)
- A person of no particular beliefs.
- 1845, Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight, New Englander and Yale review:
- In religion, the common people called him a nothingarian — owing, no doubt, to his habitual neglect of public worship.