niggetn.

Brit.

/ˈnɪdʒᵻt/,

/ˈnɪɡət/, U.S.

/ˈnɪdʒᵻt/,

/ˈnɪɡət/

Forms: 1700s nidiot, 1800s– nidget, 1900s– nigget.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item.. Etymons: nidiot n., nidget n.¹

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps the same word as nidiot n., nidget n.¹ (although the semantic development is difficult to account for), or perhaps connected with midget n. (although the sense ‘small fly, midge’ is first attested much later, and is apparently restricted to North America), or perhaps connected with nidget v.¹ to provide or seek assistance for a woman in labour (although this is also first attested later), perhaps through the notion of acting as an assistant.

Chiefly English regional (south-eastern).

A small insect; spec. one used as a familiar by a witch, sorcerer, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > [noun] > familiar of

nigget1875

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > small

miteOE

minta1500

water-parrot1772

nigget1875

smut1899

1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. xi. 190 One of the smallest, if not the very smallest of all the Gnat kind... Among us in Essex, they are called Nidiots, by Mouffet, Midges.

1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. 79 Nidget, a little bug.

1915 Times 3 Sept. 5/2 ‘Oh, what are niggets?’ ‘Why those creepy-crawly things that witches keep all over them. She was sitting down with her niggets all round her, feeding them with little bits of grass all chopped up.’

1916 Folk-lore 27 299 (title) Superstition in Essex: a witch and her niggets.

1925 R. O. Winstedt Shaman, Saiva, & Sufi ii. 21 But the best known of these familiars..is of the nigget type and takes the shape of a house-cricket.

1956 Man 56 14/2 He omits a Cham parallel for the most gruesome method of acquiring a pēlēsit or nigget.

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

单词	nigget
释义	niggetn. Brit. /ˈnɪdʒᵻt/, /ˈnɪɡət/, U.S. /ˈnɪdʒᵻt/, /ˈnɪɡət/ Forms: 1700s nidiot, 1800s– nidget, 1900s– nigget. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item.. Etymons: nidiot n., nidget n.¹ Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps the same word as nidiot n., nidget n.¹ (although the semantic development is difficult to account for), or perhaps connected with midget n. (although the sense ‘small fly, midge’ is first attested much later, and is apparently restricted to North America), or perhaps connected with nidget v.¹ to provide or seek assistance for a woman in labour (although this is also first attested later), perhaps through the notion of acting as an assistant. Chiefly English regional (south-eastern). A small insect; spec. one used as a familiar by a witch, sorcerer, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > [noun] > familiar of nigget1875 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > small miteOE minta1500 water-parrot1772 nigget1875 smut1899 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. xi. 190 One of the smallest, if not the very smallest of all the Gnat kind... Among us in Essex, they are called Nidiots, by Mouffet, Midges. 1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. 79 Nidget, a little bug. 1915 Times 3 Sept. 5/2 ‘Oh, what are niggets?’ ‘Why those creepy-crawly things that witches keep all over them. She was sitting down with her niggets all round her, feeding them with little bits of grass all chopped up.’ 1916 Folk-lore 27 299 (title) Superstition in Essex: a witch and her niggets. 1925 R. O. Winstedt Shaman, Saiva, & Sufi ii. 21 But the best known of these familiars..is of the nigget type and takes the shape of a house-cricket. 1956 Man 56 14/2 He omits a Cham parallel for the most gruesome method of acquiring a pēlēsit or nigget. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1713
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