nothing

Meanings

Pronoun

  • Not any thing; no thing.
  • An absence of anything, including empty space, brightness, darkness, matter, or a vacuum.

Noun

  • Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance.
  • A trivial remark (especially in the term sweet nothings).
  • A nobody (insignificant person).

Adverb

  • Not at all; in no way.

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Origin

  • From Middle English nothyng, noon thing, non thing, na þing, nan thing, nan þing, from Old English nāþing, nān þing, equivalent to no + thing. Compare Old English nāwiht, Swedish ingenting.

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