Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-SIG-NIF'I-CANCE, or IN-SIG-NIF'I-CAN-CY
IN-SIG-NIF'I-CANCE, or IN-SIG-NIF'I-CAN-CY, n. [in and significance.]
- Want of significance or meaning; as, the insignificance of words or phrases.
- Unimportance; want of force or effect; as, the insignificance of human art or of ceremonies. Addison.
- Want of weight; meanness.
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