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from The Century Dictionary.

  • See nithing.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A coward; a dastard; -- a term of utmost opprobrium.

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  • noun paganism A derogatory term, a vile wretch, used in Heathenry.

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  • (noun) - A low, mean, contemptible, base wretch; formerly the most opprobrious word that could be applied to any body.

    --Charles Mackay's Lost Beauties of the English Language, 1874

    January 16, 2018