nanti

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determiner

No; not any.

UncommonScrabble 5

Meanings

determiner

alternative nantee · alternative nanty · alternative nuntee · alternative nunty

  1. PolariNo; not any.

    She's with the trade your mother charvaed yesterday. Some omees have nanti taste!

    2004, Paul Baker, Fantabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang
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    There was no clown for the pantomime, for he had disappointed us, and of course they couldn't get on without one; so, to keep the concern going, old Johnson, who know I was a good tumbler, came up to me, and said 'he had nanti vampo, and your nabs must fake it;' which means,—We have no clown, and you must do it.

    1851, Henry Mayhew, “Our Street Folk”, in London Labour and the London Poor, volume 3, published 1861, The Canvas Clown, page 126

    I can't see that over his heaving thews and bulging lallies!¶ Of course he's nanti riah, but with a basket like that, who cares about his eek?

    2012 January 10, Karis, “Gareth's bright blue outfit”, in Big Brother Forum (Digital Spy)

Origin

  1. Latinne gentem“no person, no one”
  2. Italianniente
  3. Sabirnanti
  4. Englishnanti

Borrowing from Sabir nanti, from Italian niente, from Latin ne gentem (“no person, no one”), nec entem, ne entem or ne inde.

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APA

nanti. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nanti

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nanti,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nanti.

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