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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NULLIFIDIAN

a.[L. none, and faith. ] Of no faith; of no religion or honesty. [Not used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

NULLIFIDIAN

Nul `li *fid "i *an, a. Etym: [L. nullus none + fide faith. ]

 

Defn: Of no faith; also, not trusting to faith for salvation; -- opposed to Ant: solifidian. Feltham.

 

NULLIFIDIAN

NULLIFIDIAN Nul `li *fid "i *an, n.

 

Defn: An unbeliever. B. Jonson.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

nullifidian

nul li fid i an |ˌnələˈfidēən ˌnələˈfɪdiən | rare ▶noun a person having no faith or religious belief. ▶adjective having no faith or religious belief. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from medieval Latin nullifidius (from nullus ‘no, none ’ + fides ‘faith ’) + -an .

 

Oxford Dictionary

nullifidian

nullifidian |ˌnʌlɪˈfɪdɪən | rare ▶noun a person having no faith or religious belief. ▶adjective having no faith or religious belief. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from medieval Latin nullifidius (from nullus ‘no, none ’ + fides ‘faith ’) + -an .