English Explanatory Dictionary

niddick

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The nape of the neck.

Pronunciation

/ˈnɪdɪk/

Word forms

niddick niddicks

Etymology

Uncertain. The English Dialect Dictionary mentions several other spellings found in other dialects (nedack, neddick, nudack, nuddick, nudeck) and compares it to nod (“nape of the neck”), found in e.g. John Coker Egerton's Sussex Folk and Sussex Ways (1884). Compare the ending to -ock.

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