NITHING

PRONUNCIATION: (NY-thing, second syllable as in clothing)

MEANING: noun: 1. A coward.
2. An outlaw.
3. A miser.
adjective: 1. Cowardly.
2. Treacherous.
3. Miserly.

ETYMOLOGY: From Old English nithing, from Old Norse nidhingr, from nidh (scorn). Earliest documented use: before 1150. See also, niddering.
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N.Y. THING - The Times Square special

NIT-HINGE - the joint at the base of a louse egg, so it can be lifted away from the hair shaft without dislodgment

N.I.T.-ING - consigning to a lesser basketball tournament if you're not quite good enough to be selected for the March Madness pool