Ex Nihilo Definition

ĕks nēə-lō, nī-, nĭ-
adjective
Out of nothing.
American Heritage
adverb
Out of nothing.
The poet does not write ex nihilo.
Webster's New World

Origin of Ex Nihilo

  • Latin ex nihilō ex out of nihilō ablative of nihil nothing

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin ex (“from”) + nihilo (“nothing”)

    From Wiktionary

Ex Nihilo Sentence Examples

  • He reconstructs, as he declares, ontology, and begins with the "ideal formula," "the Ens creates ex nihilo the existent."

  • The universe cannot have ` begun ' at all ex nihilo nihil fit.

  • The universe cannot have ` begun ' at all ex nihilo nihilo nihil fit.

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