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Webster 1913 Edition


Nullifidian

Nulˊli-fid′i-an

,
Adj.
[L.
nullus
none +
fides
faith.]
Of no faith; also, not trusting to faith for salvation; – opposed to
solifidian
.
Feltham.

Nulˊli-fid′i-an

,
Noun.
An unbeliever.
B. Jonson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Nullifidian

NULLIFID'IAN

,
Adj.
[L. none, and faith.] Of no faith; of no religion or honesty. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


nullifidian

nullifidian

English

Noun

nullifidian (plural nullifidians)

  1. A sceptic; an unbeliever or atheist.
    • 1871–72, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Chapter 4
      Celia was no longer the eternal cherub, but a thorn in her spirit, a pink-and-white nullifidian, worse than any discouraging presence in the "Pilgrim's Progress."

Adjective

nullifidian

  1. Of no faith or religion; not trusting to faith for salvation.

Antonyms

References

  • nullifidian in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913