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NIDGET Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
noun nid· get ˈnijə̇t plural -s archaic : idiot, fool Word History Etymology alteration of earlier nidiot, alteration (from incorrect division of an idiot) of ... www.merriam-webster.com
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NIDGET definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
1. dialect a foolish person 2. archaic a coward 3. Southern England a type of triangular hoe once used to clear weeds, particularly from among crops of hops. www.collinsdictionary.com
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nidget - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Noun · (obsolete) A fool or idiot. · 1605, M. N. [pseudonym; William Camden], Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, […] , London: […] G[eorge] E[ld] ... en.wiktionary.org
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nidget
▪ I. nidget, n.1 Now only arch. (ˈnɪdʒɪt) Also 6 nigeot, 7 nigit, nigid, niget, nigget. [var. of nidiot: see note to idiot.] An idiot, a fool. ‘As a modern word, if used, it signifies a trifler’ (Smart).α 1579–80 North Plutarch (1895) II. 50 This made men judge..that he would prove a very foole and ... Oxford English Dictionary
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nidget, n.¹ meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
The earliest known use of the noun nidget is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for nidget is from 1579, in a translation by Thomas North, ... www.oed.com
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"NIDGET": A timid overly cautious person - OneLook
▸ noun: (obsolete) A fool or idiot. ▸ noun: (obsolete) A coward. Similar: nobber, nisey, nitwit, nidgery, ... www.onelook.com
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nigiting
nigiting, vbl. n. see nidget v.2 Oxford English Dictionary
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Nidget Definition & Meaning - YourDictionary
noun (obsolete) A fool or idiot; a coward. Wiktionary Other Word Forms of Nidget Noun Singular: nidget Plural: nidgets Origin of Nidget Compare French nigaud a ... www.yourdictionary.com
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nidget, n.² meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
The earliest known use of the noun nidget is in the mid 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for nidget is from 1743, in the writing of William Ellis, ... www.oed.com
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Nidget - Websters Dictionary 1828
NIDGET, noun A dastard. [Not in use.] Websters Dictionary 1828. SITEMAP. Home · Preface · History · Quotations. INFORMATION ... webstersdictionary1828.com
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nidget, n.s. (1755) - Johnson's Dictionary Online
A coward; a dastard. There was one true English word of greater force than them all, now out of all use; it signifieth no more than abject, baseminded, false ... johnsonsdictionaryonline.com
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nidget - definition and meaning - Wordnik
noun A noodle; a fool; an Idiot. To cultivate with a nidget. noun A triangular horse-hoe, used in Kent and Sussex, chiefly in cultivating hops. www.wordnik.com
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Rebracketing
Many other words in the English language owe their existence to just this type of resegmentation: e.g., nickname, ninny, namby-pamby, nidiot/nidget, nonce wikipedia.org
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nidgery
† ˈnidgery Obs. rare—0. [a. obs. F. nigerie, f. niger ‘to trifle; to play the fop, or nidget’.]1611 Cotgr., Nigeries, nidgeries, fopperies, fooleries, trifles, nifles. [Hence in Blount Glossogr. (1656), etc.] Oxford English Dictionary
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niget
niget var. of nidget. Oxford English Dictionary
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