Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Relating to or of the nature of a nidus, in any of the meanings of that word.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective rare Of or pertaining to nests.
  • adjective rare, physiology Of the uterus, exhibiting thickening before implantation of an ovum.
  • adjective Of or pertaining to a nidus.

Etymologies

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From Latin nidus ("nest").

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Examples

  • In the end, she discarded al-ihtijaj (protest) and al-muarada (opposition), settling on al-nidal, struggle.

    A War Against Intellectuals 2007

  • Yes, his daughter got married etc after the massacre by the mooslim cretin terrorist nidal, but he might have more appropriately said something like

    Latest Articles KHOU Television 2010

  • Yes, his daughter got married etc after the massacre by the mooslim cretin terrorist nidal, but he might have more appropriately said something like

    Latest Articles KHOU Television 2010

  • No two are exactly alike, but there is a common thread they each share. **** (he forgot to mention nidal hasan, who didn't share a common thread)

    Latest Articles 2009

  • We've already been hit by an American-raised jihadist, Maj. nidal Hassan, whose unabated, uninhibited, widely shared mutterings about an infidel United States making war on Islam seem to have been largely ignored as a consequence of politically correct sensibilities.

    Ventura County Star Stories 2009

  • "zone_info": "huffpost. media/blog; featured-posts = 1; media = 1; nickname = sam-sedaei; entry_id = 367093; abu-gharib = 1; anderson-cooper = 1; cnn = 1; iraq = 1; military = 1; nidal-malik-hasan = 1",

    Sam Sedaei: CNN's Shamelessly Biased Report On 3 American Soldiers' Murders In Iraq 2009

  • "zone_info": "huffpost. world/blog; featured-posts = 1; world = 1; nickname = jamal-dajani; entry_id = 348695; afghanistan = 1; fort-hood = 1; iraq = 1; islam = 1; nidal-malik-hasan = 1; nidal-malik-hasan-shooting = 1; terrorism = 1",

    Jamal Dajani: Don't Ask Me About Hasan 2009

  • "zone_info": "huffpost. premium/blog; nickname = dr-robert-epstein; entry_id = 349181; crazy-shrinks = 1; ft-hood-shooting = 1; hasan = 1; maj-nidal-malik-hasan = 1; psychiatry = 1; psychology = 1; shrinks = 1",

    Dr. Robert Epstein: Why Hasan Did It: Are Shrinks Really Crazy? 2009

  • "zone_info": "huffpost. politics/blog; politics = 1; nickname = heather-robinson; entry_id = 351301; free-speech = 1; israel = 1; israeli-palestinian-conflict = 1; major-nidal-hasan = 1; political-correctness = 1; terrorism = 1; us-army = 1",

    Heather Robinson: Maj. Nidal Hasan and the "Desperation Explanation" 2009

  • "zone_info": "huffpost. media/blog; media = 1; nickname = glynnis-macnicol; entry_id = 355520; fort-hood = 1; jessica-lynch = 1; kimberly-munley = 1; mark-todd = 1; nidal-hasan = 1; pat-tillman = 1; stanely-mcchrystal = 1",

    Glynnis MacNicol: Is the Army Trying to Give the Media the Runaround on Ft. Hood? 2009

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