- Nidget
- Nidget Nidg"et, n. [Written also {nigget}, {nigeot}.] [Cf. F. nigaud a booby, fool, OF. niger to play the fool.] A fool; an idiot, a coward. [Obs.] --Camden. [1913 Webster]
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Nidget
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nidget — nid·get … English syllables
nidget — See idiot … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
nidget — ˈnijə̇t noun ( s) Etymology: alteration of earlier nidiot, alteration (from incorrect division of an idiot) of idiot (I) archaic : idiot, fool … Useful english dictionary
nigeot — Nidget Nidg et, n. [Written also {nigget}, {nigeot}.] [Cf. F. nigaud a booby, fool, OF. niger to play the fool.] A fool; an idiot, a coward. [Obs.] Camden. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
nigget — Nidget Nidg et, n. [Written also {nigget}, {nigeot}.] [Cf. F. nigaud a booby, fool, OF. niger to play the fool.] A fool; an idiot, a coward. [Obs.] Camden. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
idiot — The word is sometimes used alone in a semi exclamatory way, especially when someone has just said something foolish. It is also frequent as ‘you idiot’ and in expanded forms. Thus, an uncle addresses his nephew in Mariana, by Monica Dickens,… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
Nidgery — Nidg er*y, n. [See {Nidget}.] A trifle; a piece of foolery. [Obs.] Skinner. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cowardice — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Excess of fear. < N PARAG:Cowardice >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 cowardice cowardice pusillanimity Sgm: N 1 cowardliness cowardliness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 timidity timidity effeminacy GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 … English dictionary for students
N — in NICKNAME (Cf. nickname), NEWT (Cf. newt), and British dialectal naunt, the n belongs to a preceding indefinite article an or possessive pronoun mine. Other examples of this from Middle English manuscripts include a neilond ( an island, early… … Etymology dictionary
niget — var. of nidget … Useful english dictionary
