Associations to the word «Nolo»

Wiktionary

NOLO CONTENDERE, noun. (legal) No contest. The designation of a plea that means that the defendant does not admit the charge, but has no means to dispute it that the court will recognize.
NOLO EPISCOPARI, interjection. Expressing a facetiously modest refusal of something which is actually desired.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley