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nithing

Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪðɪŋ/

The English word “nithing” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A coward, a dastard; a wretch.
  2. A wicked person; also, one who has acted immorally or unlawfully.

adjective

  1. Cowardly, dastardly.
  2. Notoriously evil or wicked; infamous.

Etymology

From Middle English nithing, nithinc, nything, nythyng, nythynge, niþinge, nyþing, nyþyng, Early Middle English niðing, niþinc, niþincke (“coward, wretch; good-for-nothing; term of address for a boy or lad; stingy or miserly person; niggardly, miserly, stingy”), from Late Old English nithing, Old English niðing, nīþing (“coward; wretch; outlaw, villain”), from a North Germanic language, from…

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