Middle English Dictionary Entry
nig n.
Entry Info
Forms | nig n. |
Etymology | Cp. nigard . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A niggardly person.
Associated quotations
- c1300 11 Pains(2) (LdMisc 108)36 : Trichour he was euere embe ȝwile Foul nig and hard in al is liue.