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nidget en · NOUN

Etymology

Compare French nigaud (“a booby, fool”), Old French niger (“to play the fool”).

Meanings

1. (obsolete) A fool or idiot.
   • in signification it signifieth, as it seemeth, no more than abject, base-minded, falſe-hearted, coward or nidget 1605, M. N. [pseudonym; William Camden], Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, […], London: […] G[eorge] E[ld] for Simon Waterson, →OCLC:
   • Nigeur: m. A midget, fup, trifler. 1650, Randle Cotgrave, A French-Engliſh dictionary, Compil'd by Mr Randle Cotgrave: with Another in English and French., London: Luke Fawne:
2. (obsolete) A coward.

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