Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for NU'GA-TO-RY
NU-GA'TIONNUI'SANCE, or NU'SANCE
NU'GA-TO-RY, a. [L. nugatorius.]
- Trifling; vain; futile; insignificant. Bentley.
- Of no force; inoperative; ineffectual. The laws are sometimes rendered nugatory by inexecution. Any agreement may be rendered nugatory by something which contravenes its execution.
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