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Definition: TO MAKE NOTHING OF |
TO MAKE NOTHING OF1. (a) To make no difficulty of; to consider as trifling or important. ``We are industrious to preserve our bodies from slavery, but we make nothing of suffering our souls to be slaves to our lusts.'' --Ray. (b) Not to understand; as, I could make nothing of what he said. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Unintelligibility | Not understand; lose, lose the clue; miss; not know what to make of, be able to make nothing of, give it up; not be able to account for, not be able to make either head or tail of; be at sea; (uncertain); wonder; see through a glass darkly; (ignorance). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "TO MAKE NOTHING OF"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Hungarian | semmibe se vesz vmit (to make nothing of sg), nem ért vmit (to make nothing of sg). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | otay akemay othingnay ofay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-g-h-i-k-m-n-n-o-o-o-t-t" | |
-4 letters: fomentation. | |
-5 letters: footnoting, hotfooting. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 4F      4D 41 4B 45      4E 4F 54 48 49 4E 47      4F 46 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01001111 00100000 01001101 01000001 01001011 01000101 00100000 01001110 01001111 01010100 01001000 01001001 01001110 01000111 00100000 01001111 01000110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T O   M A K E   N O T H I N G   O F |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 004F      004D 0041 004B 0045      004E 004F 0054 0048 0049 004E 0047      004F 0046 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)544924735453924849544243484124940 |
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