nithing

发音

US /ˈnaɪðɪŋ/
UK /ˈnaɪðɪŋ/

词形变化

nithings 复数 nithings more nithing 比较级 most nithing 最高级

别名

niding

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A coward, a dastard; a wretch.

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  2. 2.

    A wicked person; also, one who has acted immorally or unlawfully.

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adj.
  1. 1.

    Cowardly, dastardly.

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  2. 2.

    Notoriously evil or wicked; infamous.

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词源

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 Proto-Germanic *nīþą (“envy; hate; malice”) (from Proto-Indo-European *neyH- (“to be angry”)) + *-ingō, *-ungō (suffix forming gerund nouns from verbs). The English word is cognate with Danish nidding, Late Latin nidingus, nithingus, Middle High German nīdinc, nīdunc (modern German Neiding (“(archaic) one who is envious”)), Old Norse níðingr (Icelandic níðingur (“scoundrel, rascal”), Norwegian niding), Old Swedish nīþinger (modern Swedish niding).

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