Nithing

Quick meaning: Nithing is a noun meaning (archaic) A coward, a dastard; a wretch.

Meaning

(archaic) A coward, a dastard; a wretch.

More Meanings

1. (archaic) A wicked person; also, one who has acted immorally or unlawfully.
2. (archaic) Cowardly, dastardly.
3. (archaic) Notoriously evil or wicked; infamous.

Example Sentences

Surely there must be one among this crowd of nithings who has the guts to face a woman in combat?

For this siege the king again appealed to the country and called for the help of all under the old Saxon penalty of the disgraceful name of "nithing."

Do victims of the Holocaust and anti-Judaism care about how logical and unmalicious Jacoby's motives are? Do you think Jeff Jacoby is a Nazi nithing or a Holocaust denier?

To call a Dane a nithing, was like ſetting fire to gunpowder, and inſtantly excited ſuch a flame of rage, as nothing but his own blood or the blood of the offender could extinguiſh [...].

Word Forms

• nithings

Synonyms for nithing

Depending on context, synonyms include nidering, niddering, bottler, caitiff, candy-ass, candy-arse.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include niddering, niding, nidering, cowardship, niggardise, cowardness.

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