nig

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Niggard.
noun
  1. A nigger.
  2. Clipping of nigga (“friend, fellow black person”).
verb
  1. To behave as a stereotypical black person.

Word forms

nig nigs nigging nigged

Etymology

From Middle English nig, probably of Scandinavian origin; see niggard. Unrelated to nigger.

Related words

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