“niggly”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

niggly

释义

niggly, a.|ˈnɪglɪ|
[f. niggle v.² + -y¹.]
= niggling ppl. a.; also, irritable, short-tempered.
1840W. Harcourt Let. in A. G. Gardiner Life W. Harcourt (1923) I. ii. 24, I think his trees niggly as you would say, and he teaches an odd doctrine about trees.1862C. C. Robinson Dial. Leeds 40 Ah doant want to live soa as fowks could cawal us niggly.1898B. Kirkby Lakeland Words 107 He was as niggly ower a penny as many a yan is ower a pund.1952M. Tripp Faith is Windsock iii. 43 Well, aren't you a niggly old bastard?1959[see niggle v.² 3 d].1967E. Short Embroidery & Fabric Collage iv. 106 Care must be taken to avoid niggly detail and a temptation to imitate a pencil line or brush stroke exactly.1973A. Ross Dunfermline Affair 65 ‘What about..going to get the bloody stuff?’ Thomson said. He was niggly, and showed it.

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