Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A noodle; a fool; an Idiot.
- noun A triangular horse-hoe, used in Kent and Sussex, chiefly in cultivating hops.
- To cultivate with a nidget.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A fool; an idiot, a coward.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
fool oridiot ; acoward .
Etymologies
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Compare French nigaud a boody, fool, Old French niger to play the fool.
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One was nidget, a now-forgotten word that lacked a single usage example.
sionnach commented on the word nidget
A fool; an idiot, a coward.
October 14, 2008
oroboros commented on the word nidget
"The person who fetches the midwife". (via NPR's Says You)
August 6, 2011
bilby commented on the word nidget
Possibly also nidgit.
July 27, 2021