Trifles

  • 71nugae — /nooh guy/; Eng. /nooh jee, nyooh /, n.pl. Latin. trifles. * * * nugae /nūˈgē, jē or nooˈgī/ (Latin) plural noun Trifles …

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  • 72stick|le — «STIHK uhl», verb, led, ling, noun. –v.i. 1. to make objections about trifles; contend or insist stubbornly: »Flying for life, one does not stickle about his vehicle (Thomas Carlyle). 2. to feel difficulties about trifles; have objections;… …

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  • 73big deal — {interj.}, {slang}, {informal} (loud stress on the word deal ) Trifles; an unimportant, unimpressive thing or matter. * /So you became college president big deal!/ …

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  • 74big deal — {interj.}, {slang}, {informal} (loud stress on the word deal ) Trifles; an unimportant, unimpressive thing or matter. * /So you became college president big deal!/ …

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  • 75Ado — A*do ([.a]*d[=oo] ), (1) v. inf., (2) n. [OE. at do, northern form for to do. Cf. {Affair}.] 1. To do; in doing; as, there is nothing ado. What is here ado? J. Newton. [1913 Webster] 2. Doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss;… …

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  • 76Bagatelle — Bag a*telle (b[a^]g [.a]*t[e^]l ), n. [F., fr. It. bagatella; cf. Prov. It. bagata trifle, OF. bague, Pr. bagua, bundle. See {Bag}, n.] 1. A trifle; a thing of no importance. [1913 Webster] Rich trifles, serious bagatelles. Prior. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 77Blab — (bl[a^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blabbed} (bl[a^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blabbing}.] [Cf. OE. blaberen, or Dan. blabbre, G. plappern, Gael. blabaran a stammerer; prob. of imitative origin. Cf. also {Blubber}, v.] To utter or tell unnecessarily, or… …

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  • 78Blabbed — Blab Blab (bl[a^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blabbed} (bl[a^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blabbing}.] [Cf. OE. blaberen, or Dan. blabbre, G. plappern, Gael. blabaran a stammerer; prob. of imitative origin. Cf. also {Blubber}, v.] To utter or tell… …

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  • 79Blabbing — Blab Blab (bl[a^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blabbed} (bl[a^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blabbing}.] [Cf. OE. blaberen, or Dan. blabbre, G. plappern, Gael. blabaran a stammerer; prob. of imitative origin. Cf. also {Blubber}, v.] To utter or tell… …

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  • 80Bur — Bur, Burr Burr (b[^u]r), n. [OE. burre burdock; cf. Dan. borre, OSw. borra, burdock, thistle; perh. akin to E. bristle (burr for burz ), or perh. to F. bourre hair, wool, stuff; also, according to Cotgrave, the downe, or hairie coat, wherewith… …

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