nullifidian

English

Etymology

From nulli- + Latin fides (“faith”) + -ian.

Noun

nullifidian (plural nullifidians)

1. A sceptic; an unbeliever or atheist.
   • 1871–72, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Chapter 4

     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."

Adjective

nullifidian

1. Of no faith or religion.
2. Not trusting to faith for salvation.

Antonyms

• solifidian

References

• nullifidian in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913