nidgetn.¹

Brit.

/ˈnɪdʒᵻt/, U.S.

/ˈnɪdʒᵻt/

Forms:

α. 1500s–1600s 1800s nigeot, 1600s niget, 1600s nigid, 1600s–1700s nigit, 1600s–1800s nigget.

β. 1600s nidgit, 1600s– nidget, 1700s nidgeot.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: nidiot n.

Etymology: Variant of nidiot n., with assibilation of /dj/ to /dʒ/ (compare idiot n. and note at that entry).

Now English regional (rare).

1. An idiot, a fool.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] > idiot, crazy person

Jack foolc1405

drivel1478

idiotc1480

nidiot1533

hare-brain1542

hare-copa1566

nidget1579

lunatic1602

flight-head1605

moonling1631

driveller1682

tomfool1683

niddy-noddy1722

imbecile1781

puggle1783

gype1825

eejit1853

nowmun1854

dinlo1873

loon1885

ratbag1890

doughbakea1895

ding-a-ling1899

feeb1914

dingbat1915

bodoh1922

diddy1933

Nimrod1933

pranny1949

momo1953

head-the-ball1958

flake1968

fuckwit1969

tattie-bogle1969

div1975

tube1975

wazzock1976

gonzo1977

motorhead1979

prannet1979

twonk1981

dough ball1983

numpty1985

divvy1987

α.

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 191 This made men iudge..that he would proue a very foole and nigeot [1595 idiote].

1603 C. Heydon Def. Iudiciall Astrol. xi. 244 Cleared from the imputation of [being] such a Nigit.

a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Changeling (1653) iii. sig. E 'Tis a gentle nigget, you may play with him.

1638 T. Heywood Wise Woman ii. i I think he saith we are a company of fooles and Nigits.

1675 Ballad in Luttrell Coll. III. 107 Ridiculous Niget, to scoff at St. Bridget.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Nigit, a Fool.

1725 New Canting Dict. Nigit, qu. an Ideot, i.e. a Fool.

1822 R. Nares Gloss. (at cited word) A nidget, or nigeot, is no more than an ideot, carelessly spoken; and that is its exact meaning.

β. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Nigaud A fop, nidget, ideot.1673 M. Stevenson Poems 40 Pure disingenious Nidgit, This an Elboick is, and that a Digit.1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Nidget, an Idiot, a Ninny, or meer Fool.1740 Cheshire Huntress & Old Fox Caught at Last i. iii. 14 Thou Nidgeot,—Only in the Eye of the Law.1836 B. H. Smart Walker Remodelled Nidget..as a modern word, if used, it signifies a trifler.1843 G. P. R. James Forest Days I. ii. 30 One of those men is a nidget.1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 54 Nidget, a fool.1880 C. H. Poole Attempt Gloss. Stafford ‘Nidget’, a silly or foolish person.

†2. A coward. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > coward(s)

coward?a1289

hen-hearta1450

staniel?a1500

pigeon?1571

cow1581

quake-breech1584

cow-baby1594

custard1598

chicken heart1602

nidget1605

hen?1613

faintling1614

white-liver1614

chickena1616

quake-buttocka1627

skitterbrooka1652

dunghill1761

cow-heart1768

shy-cock1768

fugie1777

slag1788

man of chaff1799

fainter1826

possum1833

cowardy, cowardy, custard1836

sheep1840

white feather1857

funk1859

funkstick1860

lily-liver1860

faint-heart1870

willy boy1895

blert1905

squib1908

fraid cat (also fraidy cat)c1910–23

manso1912

feartie1923

yellowbelly1927

chicken liver1930

boneless wonder1931

scaredy-cat1933

sook1933

pantywaist1935

punk1939

ringtail1941

chickenshit1945

candy-ass1953

pansy-ass1963

unbrave1981

bottler1994

1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 27 There was one true English word of greater force than them all, now out of all use; it signifieth abiect, base minded, false harted, coward, or nidget.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Nidget..a coward; a dastard.

1836 B. H. Smart Walker Remodelled Nidget, a coward. Obs.

1857 T. Wright Dict. Obsolete & Provinc. Eng. II. 699/2 Nidget, nigget, nigeot, a fool; a coward.]

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

nidgetn.²

Brit.

/ˈnɪdʒᵻt/, U.S.

/ˈnɪdʒᵻt/

Forms: 1700s niget, 1700s– nidget, 1800s nidgett, 1800s niggett.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare later idget n.

English regional (southern). Now historical.

A triangular horse-hoe, used to clear the ground between rows of hops or beans.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > mattock, hoe, or hack > hoe > horse-hoe

shim1723

hoe-plough1731

horse-hoe1731

hoe-break1742

nidget1743

hop-shim1807

idget1875

1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman (Dublin ed.) May iii. 29 The Sheim Break, or Niget, have also their Share in extirpating Weeds.

1789 Trans. Soc. Arts (ed. 2) 1 113 I have had what we call a brake and a nidget made..to move the earth in alleys.

1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. II. 747 To admit of the ground between the plants being kept clean by the harrow and nidget.

1846 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 7 590 Guano..sown broadcast in the track made by the tines of the niggett.

1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. (1957) 86 Nidget, a horse-hoe used for cleaning the ground between rows of hops, called in some parts of East Sussex an idget.

1883 J. Y. Stratton Hops & Hop-pickers 23 The garden is kept clear of weeds by means of a horse-hoe, or nidget.

1981 D. B. Dalal-Clayton Black's Agric. Dict. 258 Nidget, a horse-drawn hoe once used for cultivating the alleyways in hop gardens.

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

† nidgetv.¹

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare earlier nidgeting n.¹

English regional (East Anglian). Now historical (rare).

intransitive. To provide or seek assistance for a woman in labour.

ΚΠ

1830 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia 231 Nidget, to assist a woman in her travail.

1866 J. G. Nall Gloss. Dial & Provinc. E. Anglia 607 Nidget, to assist a woman in her travail.

2007 T. Cassidy Birth iii. 51 In England, these helpers were assembled by the father, after knocking door to door, or ‘nidgeting’, throughout the village.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

nidgetv.²

Forms: 1800s nidget, 1800s nigget.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: nidget n.²

Etymology: < nidget n.²

British. Now rare.

1. transitive. To work (land) with a nidget. Also intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > break up land [verb (transitive)] > hoe

billc1440

paddle1556

sarculate1623

hoe1712

hack1732

hand-hoe1733

hoe-plough1733

scuffle1766

small-hoe1786

shim1797

horse-hoe1830

nidget1843

first1860

prong-hoe1892

1843 Rep. Special Assistant Poor Law Commissioners on Employm. Women & Children in Agric. 166 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 510) XII. 1 Shimming, Breaking or Nidging, or Nidgeting the Hops, Is effected by an implement called the shim, break, nidge, or nidget, which..is occasionally drawn by horse through the hop-gardens.

1846 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 7 ii. 590 The portion..is niggetted or stirred as much before the 1st of April..as possible.

1848 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 9 ii. 553 It should be nidgeted and got into a fine deep tilth.

1865 London Rev. 19 Aug. 192/1 The long labour of spudding and manuring the ground,..and nidgetting the weeds.

1877 P. L. Simmonds Hops 42 (table) Nidgeting or scuffling 4 times £1 0 0.

1890 J. Macdonald Stephens's Bk. of Farm (ed. 4) IV. 332 If it [sc. the pole] have any crook or set at the lower end, that is placed inwards, to be out of the way of the horses in ‘nidgetting’ the ground.

1909 Pall Mall Mag. Dec. 884/1 Ted was nidgetting well.

2. transitive. To work (lime, etc.) in with the soil using a nidget.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > break up land [verb (transitive)] > hoe > hoe in, up, etc.

hoe1691

nidget1848

1848 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 9 ii. 548 Lime,..nidgeted in after the hops are planted,..will be of greater benefit.

1881 C. Whitehead Hops 33 Rape dust is a fine manure, and is nidgetted in with nidgetts.

1934 H. H. Parker Hop Industry ii. 62 Guano and rape-cake dust were best applied as summer dressings, put on round hills or spread broadcast and nidgetted in.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

n.¹1579

n.²1743

v.¹1830

v.²1843

单词	nidget
释义	nidgetn.¹ Brit. /ˈnɪdʒᵻt/, U.S. /ˈnɪdʒᵻt/ Forms: α. 1500s–1600s 1800s nigeot, 1600s niget, 1600s nigid, 1600s–1700s nigit, 1600s–1800s nigget. β. 1600s nidgit, 1600s– nidget, 1700s nidgeot. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: nidiot n. Etymology: Variant of nidiot n., with assibilation of /dj/ to /dʒ/ (compare idiot n. and note at that entry). Now English regional (rare). 1. An idiot, a fool. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] > idiot, crazy person Jack foolc1405 drivel1478 idiotc1480 nidiot1533 hare-brain1542 hare-copa1566 nidget1579 lunatic1602 flight-head1605 moonling1631 driveller1682 tomfool1683 niddy-noddy1722 imbecile1781 puggle1783 gype1825 eejit1853 nowmun1854 dinlo1873 loon1885 ratbag1890 doughbakea1895 ding-a-ling1899 feeb1914 dingbat1915 bodoh1922 diddy1933 Nimrod1933 pranny1949 momo1953 head-the-ball1958 flake1968 fuckwit1969 tattie-bogle1969 div1975 tube1975 wazzock1976 gonzo1977 motorhead1979 prannet1979 twonk1981 dough ball1983 numpty1985 divvy1987 α. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 191 This made men iudge..that he would proue a very foole and nigeot [1595 idiote]. 1603 C. Heydon Def. Iudiciall Astrol. xi. 244 Cleared from the imputation of [being] such a Nigit. a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Changeling (1653) iii. sig. E 'Tis a gentle nigget, you may play with him. 1638 T. Heywood Wise Woman ii. i I think he saith we are a company of fooles and Nigits. 1675 Ballad in Luttrell Coll. III. 107 Ridiculous Niget, to scoff at St. Bridget. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Nigit, a Fool. 1725 New Canting Dict. Nigit, qu. an Ideot, i.e. a Fool. 1822 R. Nares Gloss. (at cited word) A nidget, or nigeot, is no more than an ideot, carelessly spoken; and that is its exact meaning. β. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Nigaud A fop, nidget, ideot.1673 M. Stevenson Poems 40 Pure disingenious Nidgit, This an Elboick is, and that a Digit.1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Nidget, an Idiot, a Ninny, or meer Fool.1740 Cheshire Huntress & Old Fox Caught at Last i. iii. 14 Thou Nidgeot,—Only in the Eye of the Law.1836 B. H. Smart Walker Remodelled Nidget..as a modern word, if used, it signifies a trifler.1843 G. P. R. James Forest Days I. ii. 30 One of those men is a nidget.1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 54 Nidget, a fool.1880 C. H. Poole Attempt Gloss. Stafford ‘Nidget’, a silly or foolish person. †2. A coward. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > coward(s) coward?a1289 hen-hearta1450 staniel?a1500 pigeon?1571 cow1581 quake-breech1584 cow-baby1594 custard1598 chicken heart1602 nidget1605 hen?1613 faintling1614 white-liver1614 chickena1616 quake-buttocka1627 skitterbrooka1652 dunghill1761 cow-heart1768 shy-cock1768 fugie1777 slag1788 man of chaff1799 fainter1826 possum1833 cowardy, cowardy, custard1836 sheep1840 white feather1857 funk1859 funkstick1860 lily-liver1860 faint-heart1870 willy boy1895 blert1905 squib1908 fraid cat (also fraidy cat)c1910–23 manso1912 feartie1923 yellowbelly1927 chicken liver1930 boneless wonder1931 scaredy-cat1933 sook1933 pantywaist1935 punk1939 ringtail1941 chickenshit1945 candy-ass1953 pansy-ass1963 unbrave1981 bottler1994 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 27 There was one true English word of greater force than them all, now out of all use; it signifieth abiect, base minded, false harted, coward, or nidget. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Nidget..a coward; a dastard. 1836 B. H. Smart Walker Remodelled Nidget, a coward. Obs. 1857 T. Wright Dict. Obsolete & Provinc. Eng. II. 699/2 Nidget, nigget, nigeot, a fool; a coward.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). nidgetn.² Brit. /ˈnɪdʒᵻt/, U.S. /ˈnɪdʒᵻt/ Forms: 1700s niget, 1700s– nidget, 1800s nidgett, 1800s niggett. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare later idget n. English regional (southern). Now historical. A triangular horse-hoe, used to clear the ground between rows of hops or beans. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > mattock, hoe, or hack > hoe > horse-hoe shim1723 hoe-plough1731 horse-hoe1731 hoe-break1742 nidget1743 hop-shim1807 idget1875 1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman (Dublin ed.) May iii. 29 The Sheim Break, or Niget, have also their Share in extirpating Weeds. 1789 Trans. Soc. Arts (ed. 2) 1 113 I have had what we call a brake and a nidget made..to move the earth in alleys. 1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. II. 747 To admit of the ground between the plants being kept clean by the harrow and nidget. 1846 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 7 590 Guano..sown broadcast in the track made by the tines of the niggett. 1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. (1957) 86 Nidget, a horse-hoe used for cleaning the ground between rows of hops, called in some parts of East Sussex an idget. 1883 J. Y. Stratton Hops & Hop-pickers 23 The garden is kept clear of weeds by means of a horse-hoe, or nidget. 1981 D. B. Dalal-Clayton Black's Agric. Dict. 258 Nidget, a horse-drawn hoe once used for cultivating the alleyways in hop gardens. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † nidgetv.¹ Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare earlier nidgeting n.¹ English regional (East Anglian). Now historical (rare). intransitive. To provide or seek assistance for a woman in labour. ΚΠ 1830 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia 231 Nidget, to assist a woman in her travail. 1866 J. G. Nall Gloss. Dial & Provinc. E. Anglia 607 Nidget, to assist a woman in her travail. 2007 T. Cassidy Birth iii. 51 In England, these helpers were assembled by the father, after knocking door to door, or ‘nidgeting’, throughout the village. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online September 2019). nidgetv.² Forms: 1800s nidget, 1800s nigget. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: nidget n.² Etymology: < nidget n.² British. Now rare. 1. transitive. To work (land) with a nidget. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > break up land [verb (transitive)] > hoe billc1440 paddle1556 sarculate1623 hoe1712 hack1732 hand-hoe1733 hoe-plough1733 scuffle1766 small-hoe1786 shim1797 horse-hoe1830 nidget1843 first1860 prong-hoe1892 1843 Rep. Special Assistant Poor Law Commissioners on Employm. Women & Children in Agric. 166 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 510) XII. 1 Shimming, Breaking or Nidging, or Nidgeting the Hops, Is effected by an implement called the shim, break, nidge, or nidget, which..is occasionally drawn by horse through the hop-gardens. 1846 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 7 ii. 590 The portion..is niggetted or stirred as much before the 1st of April..as possible. 1848 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 9 ii. 553 It should be nidgeted and got into a fine deep tilth. 1865 London Rev. 19 Aug. 192/1 The long labour of spudding and manuring the ground,..and nidgetting the weeds. 1877 P. L. Simmonds Hops 42 (table) Nidgeting or scuffling 4 times £1 0 0. 1890 J. Macdonald Stephens's Bk. of Farm (ed. 4) IV. 332 If it [sc. the pole] have any crook or set at the lower end, that is placed inwards, to be out of the way of the horses in ‘nidgetting’ the ground. 1909 Pall Mall Mag. Dec. 884/1 Ted was nidgetting well. 2. transitive. To work (lime, etc.) in with the soil using a nidget. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > break up land [verb (transitive)] > hoe > hoe in, up, etc. hoe1691 nidget1848 1848 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 9 ii. 548 Lime,..nidgeted in after the hops are planted,..will be of greater benefit. 1881 C. Whitehead Hops 33 Rape dust is a fine manure, and is nidgetted in with nidgetts. 1934 H. H. Parker Hop Industry ii. 62 Guano and rape-cake dust were best applied as summer dressings, put on round hills or spread broadcast and nidgetted in. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.¹1579n.²1743v.¹1830v.²1843
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