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niddick

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈnɪdɪk/

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noun

Meaning 1

The nape of the neck.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: West-Country, dialectal

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History

Etymology

Uncertain. The English Dialect Dictionary mentions several other spellings found in other dialects (nedack, neddick, nudack, nuddick, nudeck) and compares it to nod (“nape of the neck”), found in e.g. John Coker Egerton's Sussex Folk and Sussex Ways (1884). Compare the ending to -ock.