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ˈnɪg lɪŋnig·gling

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivialadjective

    (informal) small and of little importance

    "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"

GCIDE

  1. Nigglingadjective

    petty, trivial, or inconsequential.

  2. Nigglingadjective

    Excessively demanding of time or attention; as, niggling little details.

Wikipedia

  1. niggling

    "Leaf by Niggle" is a short story written by J. R. R. Tolkien in 1938–39 and first published in the Dublin Review in January 1945. It can be found, most notably, in Tolkien's book titled Tree and Leaf, and in other places (including the collections The Tolkien Reader, Poems & Stories, A Tolkien Miscellany, and Tales from the Perilous Realm). This is notable because the book, consisting of a seminal essay called "On Fairy-Stories" and "Leaf by Niggle", offers the underlying philosophy (Creation and Sub-Creation, see below) of much of Tolkien's fantastical writings. "Leaf by Niggle" is often seen as an allegory of Tolkien's own creative process, and, to an extent, of his own life.

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  1. niggling

    Niggling generally refers to something that is causing slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety or a minor complaint or problem that one finds disproportionately annoying.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Niggling

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of niggling in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of niggling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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