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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Niggling (0.01137 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Niggling.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: niggling
niggling
adj : (informal terms) small and of little importance;
“a fiddling
sum of money”;
“a footling gesture”;
“our worries are
lilliputian compared with those of countries that are
at war”;
“a little (or small) matter”;
“Mickey Mouse
regulations”;
“a dispute over niggling details”;
“limited to petty enterprises”;
“piffling efforts”;
“giving a police officer a free meal may be against the
law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction” [syn:
fiddling,
footling,
lilliputian,
little,
Mickey Mouse,
piddling,
piffling,
petty,
picayune,
trivial]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Niggling
Niggling
\Nig"gling\, a.
1. petty, trivial, or inconsequential.
[PJC]
2. Excessively demanding of time or attention; as, niggling
little details.
[PJC]
Niggle
\Nig"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Niggled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Niggling.] [Dim. of Prov. E. nig to clip money; cf. also
Prov. E. nig a small piece.]
To trifle with; to deceive; to mock. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
[1913 Webster]
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