a. [ See Fumatorium. ] Pert. to, or concerned with, smoking. -- n.; pl. -ries /plu>. A place for subjecting things to smoke or vapor. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. See Fumitory. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. nugatorius, fr. nugari to trifle, nugae jests, trifles. ] 1. Trifling; vain; futile; insignificant. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of no force; inoperative; ineffectual. [ 1913 Webster ]

If all are pardoned, and pardoned as a mere act of clemency, the very substance of government is made nugatory. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]