| 释义 |
ˈnifling, a. rare.
[See prec. Some mod. dialects use niffling.]
Trifling, worthless.
1649J. E[llistone] tr. Behmen's Epist. Pref., Whosoever beares not the Stamp, and Superscription of their..Institutions, is but as Darkenesse and nifling Shaddows unto them. 1659Lady Alimony ii. vi. in Hazl. Dodsley XIV. 317 A poor nifling toy that's worse than nothing. |