v. Obs. Forms: 5 anychile, 6 adnychell, adnihill, annihil. [a. Fr. annihile-r, 14–16th c. an(n)ichil(l)er, adnichil(l)er, ad. late L. annihilā-re, adnihilāre (in Jerome), f. ad to + nihil nothing. In med.L. commonly spelt adnichilare, whence the earlier Fr. and Eng. spellings.] = ANNIHILATE (being the earlier equivalent).
1490. Caxton, Eneydos, xxi. 84. The grete loenge and good renommee of the … inventour of the first lettres neuer shal be extyncted nor anychiled.
c. 1525. Skelton, Bk. of 3 Fools, 18. Thou wottest neuer in what maner thou mayst adnychell mine honour.
1591. Horsey, Trav., 168. To adnihill and frustrat all this.
1595. Loves Owle (Halliw.). Which els had been long since annihiled.
