noun
Meaning 1
Niggard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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rhymes with -ɪɡ
noun
Meaning 2
A nigger.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ethnic, offensive, slur
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noun
Meaning 3
Clipping of nigga (“friend, fellow black person”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Qualifier: African-American Vernacular
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verb
Meaning 4
To behave as a stereotypical black person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, ethnic, intransitive, slur
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History
Etymology
From Middle English nig, probably of Scandinavian origin; see niggard. Unrelated to nigger.
Clipping of nigger. In the verb sense, a reinterpretation as if the word contained the suffix -er.