niddickn.

Brit.

/ˈnɪdɪk/, U.S.

/ˈnɪdɪk/, Welsh English

/ˈnɪdːɪk/

Forms: 1500s noddocke, 1500s nodocke, 1500s nuddock, 1600s niddock, 1600s nodock, 1700s– niddick, 1800s– nedack, 1800s– neddick, 1800s– nudack, 1800s– nuddick, 1800s– nudeck, 1900s– neddack, 1900s– niddik, 1900s– nuddak.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown; perhaps compare -ock suffix. Surv. Eng. Dial. records /nɪdɪk/ and /nɛdɪk/ from Cornwall and Devon.

English regional (south-western) and Welsh English (Pembrokeshire) in later use.

The nape of the neck.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > neck > [noun] > back of neck

napea1325

hattrelc1330

nolla1382

skull1382

polla1398

nape of the neck (also head)1440

noddle1547

niddick1558

nuke1562

nuque1578

nub1673

nod1695

cuff of the neck1740

nucha1768

scuff1787

scruff1790

scroop1850

kitchen1964

1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos vii. sig. X.j Like almayne rutters, borespeares long they whirle..Their nuddocks bolstred ben, and skulles of heades with barkes of corks.

1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits iii. 25 The man who hath his forehead very plaine, and his nodocke flat.

1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis Pref. sig. A2 Whilst the blind Nodock wants it ornament.

1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 480 It [sc. a lamb] had two Eyes and as many Ears, in the usual places, and one extraordinary Eye in the Niddock.

1746 Exmoor Courtship 30 Chad a Crick in ma Back, and in ma Niddick.

1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Niddick, the nape of the neck.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) The bwoy's a-hat mortal hard–there's a gurt hump 'pon the niddick o' un so big's a duck-egg.

1893 S. Baring-Gould Mrs. Curgenven II. x. 113 I shu'd 'a given he a good blow as'ud 'a skat his neddick.

1894 R. D. Blackmore Perlycross III. vii. 122 The wick of a lamp, that had dropped..on this man's collar, and burned a little hole in his niddick.

1907 ‘W. N. P. Barbellion’ Jrnl. 5 June (1919) 12 It was delightful to hear him describing a Heron killing an Eel with ‘a dap on the niddick’, helping out the figure with a pat on the nape of his thick bull neck.

1979 N. Rogers Wessex Dial. 83/2 Niddick, the neck. Devonshire and Cornwall.

1982 B. G. Charles Eng. Dial. S. Pembrokeshire 35 Neddack, neddick, nuddak, the back of the neck, nape.

a1997 J. Penwarden in J. Whinray Down 'long weth We (1997) 23 Tedn cherishin', my dears, to scat a basely ould broom ovver your nuddick, an' to thraw cowld soapy waater down the back av your nek.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	niddick
释义	niddickn. Brit. /ˈnɪdɪk/, U.S. /ˈnɪdɪk/, Welsh English /ˈnɪdːɪk/ Forms: 1500s noddocke, 1500s nodocke, 1500s nuddock, 1600s niddock, 1600s nodock, 1700s– niddick, 1800s– nedack, 1800s– neddick, 1800s– nudack, 1800s– nuddick, 1800s– nudeck, 1900s– neddack, 1900s– niddik, 1900s– nuddak. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown; perhaps compare -ock suffix. Surv. Eng. Dial. records /nɪdɪk/ and /nɛdɪk/ from Cornwall and Devon. English regional (south-western) and Welsh English (Pembrokeshire) in later use. The nape of the neck. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > neck > [noun] > back of neck napea1325 hattrelc1330 nolla1382 skull1382 polla1398 nape of the neck (also head)1440 noddle1547 niddick1558 nuke1562 nuque1578 nub1673 nod1695 cuff of the neck1740 nucha1768 scuff1787 scruff1790 scroop1850 kitchen1964 1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos vii. sig. X.j Like almayne rutters, borespeares long they whirle..Their nuddocks bolstred ben, and skulles of heades with barkes of corks. 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits iii. 25 The man who hath his forehead very plaine, and his nodocke flat. 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis Pref. sig. A2 Whilst the blind Nodock wants it ornament. 1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 480 It [sc. a lamb] had two Eyes and as many Ears, in the usual places, and one extraordinary Eye in the Niddock. 1746 Exmoor Courtship 30 Chad a Crick in ma Back, and in ma Niddick. 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Niddick, the nape of the neck. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) The bwoy's a-hat mortal hard–there's a gurt hump 'pon the niddick o' un so big's a duck-egg. 1893 S. Baring-Gould Mrs. Curgenven II. x. 113 I shu'd 'a given he a good blow as'ud 'a skat his neddick. 1894 R. D. Blackmore Perlycross III. vii. 122 The wick of a lamp, that had dropped..on this man's collar, and burned a little hole in his niddick. 1907 ‘W. N. P. Barbellion’ Jrnl. 5 June (1919) 12 It was delightful to hear him describing a Heron killing an Eel with ‘a dap on the niddick’, helping out the figure with a pat on the nape of his thick bull neck. 1979 N. Rogers Wessex Dial. 83/2 Niddick, the neck. Devonshire and Cornwall. 1982 B. G. Charles Eng. Dial. S. Pembrokeshire 35 Neddack, neddick, nuddak, the back of the neck, nape. a1997 J. Penwarden in J. Whinray Down 'long weth We (1997) 23 Tedn cherishin', my dears, to scat a basely ould broom ovver your nuddick, an' to thraw cowld soapy waater down the back av your nek. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1558
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