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N — Nearly to Night-jar (Part 11 of 12)

Niche, n. Nook, recess.

Nick, n.

    1. Critical point (of time), critical moment, fortunate conjuncture.
    2. Notch, dent, dint, indentation, incision, score.

Nick, v. a. Notch.

Nickname, n. Sobriquet, by-name.

Niggard, n. Miser, curmudgeon, churl, hunks, lickpenny, skinflint, scrimp, screw, mean fellow, sordid wretch.

Niggard, a. Parsimonious, miserly, covetous, sparing, stinted, niggardly.

Niggardliness, n. Parsimony, stinginess, avarice, meanness, covetousness.

Niggardly, a.

    1. Parsimonious, covetous, stingy, avaricious, miserly, penurious, sordid, mean, illiberal, mercenary, niggard, close, close-fisted.
    2. Saving, sparing, chary.

Nigh, a.

    1. Near, adjacent, adjoining, contiguous, close by, close, close at hand, bordering upon, approximate to, hard by.
    2. Near, present, proximate.
    3. Intimate, closely allied.

Nigh, ad.

    1. Near.
    2. Almost, nearly.

Nigh, prep. Near, close to, close by, not far from.

Night, n.

    1. Darkness, obscurity.