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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Nithingnoun
A coward, dastard, poltroon.
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nithing
In historical Germanic society, nīþ (Old Norse: níð Old English: nīþ, nīð; Old Dutch: nīth); was a term for a social stigma implying the loss of honour and the status of a villain. A person affected with the stigma is a nīðing (Old Norse: níðingr/ᚾᛁᚦᛁᚴᛦ, Old English: nīðing, nīðgæst, or Old High German: nidding). Middle English retained a cognate nithe, meaning 'envy' (compare modern Dutch nijd and modern German Neid), 'hate', or 'malice'.A related term is ergi, carrying the connotation of 'unmanliness'.
Webster Dictionary
Nithingnoun
see Niding
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Nithing
nī′thing, adj. wicked, mean.—n. a wicked man. [A.S. níthing; Ger. neiding.]
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
nithing
A coward or poltroon.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of nithing in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of nithing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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