n 1 i 1 g 2 g 2 l 1 e 1
6 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb worry unnecessarily or excessively
verb argue over petty things
originFirst attested in 1599. Origin uncertain, but likely borrowed from dialectal Norwegian nigla (“to be stingy, to busy oneself with trifles”), ultimately from Old Norse hnøggr (“stingy; miserly”), related to Old English hnēaw (“stingy; niggardly”). More at niggard.
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