Daily Word Quiz
SHOGGY a) shaky, insecure b) shameful, disgraceful c) dishonest, cheating d) infatuated, obsessed with Answer below. Today's Featured Word NIGNAY also NIGNAW, NIGNOY, NIG-NYE NOUN 1. a knickknack, a trinket, a trifle; a trifling, useless thing or proceeding; an unnecessary ornament or frill, a gewgaw ...a1689 Sc. 2. a quarrelsome hypercritical person; one who picks faults ...1920 Sc. VERB to trifle, to fuss about, to work without result; to hum and haw, to be undecided, to vacillate; to do what is useless; to show reluctance ...1880 Sc. ETYMOLOGY of obscure formation; probably an arbitrary formation based on such words as nick-nack, etc. FIRST DOCUMENTED USE a1689 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...He was not for the French nig nayes, But briskly to his brethren says; Good gentlemen, we may not doubt..." From: A Collection of Several Poems and Verses By: William Cleland, a1689 Daily Word Quiz Answer SHOGGY a) shaky, insecure ...1866
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