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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nullifidian

Nullifidian \Nul`li*fid"i*an\, a. [L. nullus none + fides faith.] Of no faith; also, not trusting to faith for salvation; -- opposed to solifidian.
--Feltham.

Nullifidian

Nullifidian \Nul`li*fid"i*an\, n. An unbeliever.
--B. Jonson.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
nullifidian

1560s, from Latin nulli-, comb. form of nullus "no" (see null) + fides "faith" (see faith).

Wiktionary
nullifidian

a. Of no faith or religion; not trusting to faith for salvation. n. A sceptic; an unbeliever or atheist.

Usage examples of "nullifidian".

She was disposed rather to accuse the intolerable narrowness and the purblind conscience of the society around her: and Celia was no longer the eternal cherub, but a thorn in her spirit, a pink-and-white nullifidian, worse than any discouraging presence in the "Pilgrim's Progress.