vox nihili
nounUK /ˌvɒksˈnɪhɪlaɪ/ · US /ˈvɒks ˈnaɪ hɪˌlaɪ/
Etymology From Latin vōx (“voice”) + nihilī (“of nothing”). See also vox populi.
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Rhetoric A useless or ambiguous phrase or sentiment.
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Media, Publishing, Typography A spelling or textual error.
- There is no reference at this point to a word A-i-w-xt ꜣꞽw which Brugsch found in a late Book of the Dead, and which may in fact be a vox nihili.1948, Alan Gardiner, “The First Two Pages of the Wörterbuch”, in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, volume 34, page 16: