nidget

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noun

A fool or idiot.

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Meanings

nounnidget (plural nidgets)

plural nidgets · alternative nigeot · alternative nigget

  1. obsoleteA fool or idiot.

    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
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    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
  2. obsoleteA coward.

Origin

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

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