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It is said to have been made up by some Eton students from a number of Latin and Greek words meaning 'nothing' or 'worthless', for example: Flocci - a sheep's fleece or piece of wool, as in the Latin flocci non facio - "I don't care" (literally "I couldn't give a sheep's fleece) nihil - 'nothing' in Latin |
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...Sir Walter Scott (3/18/1829, with 'paucin' as the second element rather than 'naucin'): |
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...Sir Walter Scott (3/18/1829, with 'pauci' as the second element rather than 'nauci'): |
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