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NIFLE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
chiefly dialectal. : a trivial or worthless person or thing . www.merriam-webster.com
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nifle, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary
The earliest known use of the noun nifle is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for nifle is from around 1395, ... www.oed.com
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nifle - Middle English Compendium - University of Michigan
1. (a) Something trivial or useless; (b) a small or flimsy article of dress, ?a kerchief of fine material; (c) a trick, a jest. quod.lib.umich.edu
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nifle
nifle Now dial. (ˈnaɪf(ə)l) Forms: 4, 7 nyfle, 5–6 nyfel, -yl, 6 -ul, nifel, 5–7 (8–9 dial.) nifle: 6 niffel, niffle. [Of obscure origin: perh. ad. med.L. nichil nothing (see nichil), influenced by trifle, with which it is often combined. There appears to be no other trace of the F. nifle given by P... Oxford English Dictionary
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Nifle - Websters Dictionary 1828
Nifle ... NIFLE, noun A trifle. Websters Dictionary ... webstersdictionary1828.com
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"NIFLE": Something insignificant; a trivial thing - OneLook
noun: (obsolete) A trifle; something small and insignificant. [15th–17th c.] Similar: trifle, bagatelle, niblet, snip, feather, gnaff, nifty, small change, ... onelook.com
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nifel
nifel var. of nifle. Oxford English Dictionary
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NIFFLES Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of NIFLE is a trivial or worthless person or thing. www.merriam-webster.com
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nifle - Yorkshire Historical Dictionary - University of York
nifle. 1) As a plural noun it meant trifles, items of little value. 1577 with inkhorns and other nyfles, Birstall. As a verb it was to steal trifling objects: ... yorkshiredictionary.york.ac.uk
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nifle - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Middle English nifle, possibly from Anglo-Norman. Compare Scots niffle (“to trifle”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, ... en.wiktionary.org
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WORD OF THE DAY: NIFLE - words and phrases from the past
NIFLE NOUN 1. originally, a trifling or fictitious tale, a jest; later, a trifle; a thing of little or no worth or importance ...c1395 obs. www.wordsandphrasesfromthepast.com
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Yehudah Yudel Rosenberg
Publications Zeh sefer Nifleʼot MaHaRa"L : bo yesupar ha-otot ṿeha-moftim ... me-et ... Ḳnaster, 1925) Sefer Nifle'ot ha-Zohar (Monṭreal bi-defus "Siṭi prinṭing Ḳo." 1927) Miḳṿeh Yehudah: ... la-ʻaśot be-khol bayit mikṿeh ḳaṭan ... wikipedia.org
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nichil
▪ I. † ˈnichil, n. Obs. Also 6 nichel(l. [a. med.L. nichil, class. L. nihil nothing: see nihil.] 1. Nothing, naught. rare.1500–20 Dunbar Poems xxii. 74 He playis with totum and I with nichell. 1584 R. Scot Discov. Witchcr. xvi. vi. (1886) 406 The witches..that..give their soules to the divell..and t... Oxford English Dictionary
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nyfel
nyfel, -fil, -fle, -fyl obs. ff. nifle. Oxford English Dictionary
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