Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: nought – numb
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nought, pron. [OE nówiht, no + wiht, creature, being, thing; no thing.]
- Not a word.
- Nothing; emptiness; [fig.] bleakness; desolation; loneliness.
- Not anything of worth; such an insignificant thing as.
- Invisible entity; [fig.] air; seemingly empty space.
- No one; no subjects; no territory.
- Not one thing.
novel, adj. [OFr < L. nov-um, new.]
- New; untried; previously unknown.
- Unique; singular.
novel, n. [OFr; see novel, adj.]
Story; diary; journal; biography; life history; record of days; book of remembrance.
November, proper n. [L. < novem, 'nine,' formerly ninth month in Roman calendar.]
Eleventh month of the year; [fig] winter; cold weather; windy season.
now (-s), adv. [OE nú.]
Present.
nowhere, adv. [ME nōhwer.]
- Not anywhere.
- To no place.
- Remote, inaccessible place.
null, adj. [OFr; L. nullus, ne, not + ullus, any.]
Void; invalid.
null (-s), v. [see null, adj.]
Reduce to nothing.
nullify (nullified), v. [L. nullificāre; see null, adj.]
- Disarm; undermine; make harmless; [fig.] illuminate; take the dark from.
- Void; discredit; render invalid; make to seem empty; cause to be of less interest.
numb, adj. [Common Germanic, nem- to deal out, distribute, hold, possess, occupy.]
- Dull; insensate; unfeeling.
- Mute; speechless.
- Expressionless.
- Not remembered; [fig.] dead.