adverb
nihilōminus
nihilōminus (not comparable)
Classical[ni.(ɦ)ɪˈɫoː.mɪ.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[ni.kiˈlɔː.mi.nus]
Meaning
- not comparablenevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
nĭhĭlōmĭnus, v. nihil, II. δ.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
nihilō-minus (nīlō-) or nihilō minus adv.,
none the less, just as much: amicus, T.—No less, nevertheless: minus dolendum fuit, sed poeniendum certe nihilo minus: nilo minus ego hoc faciam tamen, yet none the less, T.: nihilo minus tamen agi posse, etc., Cs.
Origins
Latin nihilō Latin minus univ. Latin nihilōminus Univerbation of nihilō (“by nothing”) + minus (“less”).
Descendants
- Germannichtsdestoweniger
- Dutchniettemin