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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
niddering
 
SYLLABICATION:nid·der·ing
PRONUNCIATION:  ndr-ng
NOUN: Archaic A cowardly person; a wretch.
ETYMOLOGY:Misreading of Middle English nithing, from Old English nthing, from Old Norse ndhingr, from ndh, scorn.
 
 
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