nothings
USNUTH-ingz/ˈnʌθɪŋz/
- 1Plural of nothing.
He murmured sweet nothings to her as they danced.
Her diary recorded the trivial nothings of one quiet day after another.
Note
Only the countable noun takes this ending; the pronoun meaning "not any thing" has no plural. So the form names a set of small things rather than an absence: trifles, idle remarks, insignificant people. Its best-known home is sweet nothings, the affectionate murmurs of courtship. Calling people nothings is far harsher, because it dismisses them as nobodies.
nothings is a form of nothing
nothing, noun: A trivial thing, or something of no real consequence or importance. Full entry
- Forms
- nothingnothings plural
- Spelling
- nothing → nothings: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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