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Vox nihili
“A word of nothing.”
Scholarly term
Translation
What does “Vox nihili” mean?
Vox nihili translates as “A word of nothing.”
A word with no meaning, often one created by a copying error.
Origin
The story behind it
Scholars use the term for ghost words that appear in manuscripts or dictionaries by mistake and never really existed.
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- Vox nihili
- English
- A word of nothing.
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