English Explanatory Dictionary

nig-nog

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A foolish person; hence, a raw and unskilled recruit.
noun
  1. A person of color, especially, a black person.

Pronunciation

En-au-nig-nog.ogg

Word forms

nig-nog nig-nogs nignog

Etymology

From the cant word nigmenog, denoting a very silly fellow, according to A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew (c.1698). Compare ning-nong.

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