nippitadj.

Brit.

/ˈnɪpᵻt/, U.S.

/ˈnɪpᵻt/, Scottish English

/ˈnɪpᵻt/

Forms: pre-1700 1800s– nippit, 1800s– nippet, 1900s– nipet, 1900s– nippid (Shetland).

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: nipped adj.

Etymology: Originally a variant of nipped adj., now distinguished in form in senses below.

Scottish.

1. Of food or clothing: scanty, sparse, inadequate in size or measure.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > compressing or constricting > compressed or constricted

compressedc1374

coarctate?a1475

nippit1535

comprimate?1541

coarctated1655

spanned1741

constricted1753

nipped1759

constrained1768

squeezed1831

pinched1836

scrunched1836

nipped1850

1535 D. Lindsay Satyre 150 Howbeit my coat be schort and nippit, Thankis be to God, I am weill hippit.

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. A nippit dinner, a scanty one.

1847 R. Chambers Pop. Rhymes Scotl. 219 Nippit fit and clippit fit ahint the king rides, But pretty fit and little fit ahint the caldron hides.

1892 J. Service Notandums 77 The craturs would really divert ye wi'..their stiltit heels and nippit taes.

1911 A. Warrack Scots Dial. Dict. 380/2 Nippit,..short in size or weight; scanty; used of clothes: tight-fitting, pinched-in.

1930 Scots Mag. Jan. 274 Her nippit coats, her clippit heid, her fite though weel-faur't face.

2000 Scotl. on Sunday (Electronic ed.) 7 May My travelling companion was suffering from an embarrassing condition brought on by..those nippit wee Wham!-style shorts favoured by even the straight community that summer.

2. Of a person: miserly; narrow-minded; (also) bitter, sarcastic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adjective]

gnedec900

gripplea1000

fastOE

narrow-hearteda1200

narrow?c1225

straitc1290

chinchc1300

nithinga1325

scarcec1330

clama1340

hard1340

scantc1366

sparingc1386

niggardc1400

chinchy?1406

retentivea1450

niggardousa1492

niggish1519

unliberal1533

pinching1548

dry1552

nigh1555

niggardly1560

churlish1566

squeamish1566

niggardish1567

niggard-like1567

holding1569

spare1577

handfast1578

envious1580

close-handed1585

hard-handed1587

curmudgeonly1590

parsimonious?1591

costive1594

hidebound1598

penny-pinching1600

penurious1600

strait-handed1600

club-fisted1601

dry-fisted1604

fast-handed1605

fast-fingered1607

close-fisted1608

near1611

scanting1613

carkingc1620

illiberal1623

clutch-fisteda1634

hideboundeda1640

clutch-fista1643

clunch-fisted1644

unbounteous1645

hard-fisted1646

purse-bound1652

close1654

stingy1659

tenacious1676

scanty1692

sneaking1696

gripe-handed1698

narrow-souled1699

niggardling1704

snippy1727

unindulgent1742

shabby1766

neargoinga1774

cheesemongering1781

split-farthing1787

save-all1788

picked1790

iron-fisted1794

unhandsome1800

scaly1803

nearbegoing1805

tight1805

nippit1808

nipcheese1819

cumin-splitting1822

partan-handed1823

scrimping1823

scrumptious1823

scrimpy1825

meanly1827

skinny1833

pinchfisted1837

mean1840

tight-fisted1843

screwy1844

stinty1849

cheeseparing1857

skinflinty1886

mouly1904

mingy1911

cheapskate1912

picey1937

tight-assed1961

chintzy1964

tightwad1976

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > caustic or ironic ridicule > [adjective]

satiric1509

satirien1509

satiricala1529

ironical1536

dry1542

Lucianical1561

satirial1579

sardonian1586

ironized1596

sarcasmical1602

ironic1614

Sardinian?1615

sardoin1633

sardonic1638

sarcastical1641

sardan1649

sarcasmous1663

sarcastic1695

witty1700

sarcasmatical1716

caustic1771

nippit1808

Lucianic1820

sardonican1837

quippy1859

sardonical1859

quipsome1881

sarky1912

Lucianesque1969

the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adjective] > miserly

gnedy?c1225

miserable1484

misera1500

muckeringa1525

pinchpence1540

snudging1553

pinchpenny1582

miserly1593

mising1595

scraping1597

chuff-penny1603

wretched1652

nabalitic1653

skinflint1737

nippit1808

Scrooge-like1976

the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > narrow-mindedness > [adjective]

narrowed1599

narrow-minded1611

narrow1612

small1619

narrow1622

tub-brained1634

narrow-souled1641

narrow-spirited1645

narrow-compassed1647

illiberal1649

cat-witted1672

stingy1694

little-minded1707

straitened1712

unenlarged1741

contracted1765

one-eyed1779

unliberalized1793

nippit1808

small-minded1811

narrow-brained1835

narrow visioned1853

thin-minded1862

narrow-gauge1872

one-track1900

narrow-gutted1903

tunnel-visioned1968

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Nippit, adj. 1. Niggardly, parsimonious.

1814 C. I. Johnstone Saxon & Gaël I. ix. 121 Na, na, I ne'er liket to be nippit or pinging, gie me routhrie o' a'thing.

1856 H. S. Riddell Gospel St. Matthew xxv. 24 I kennet thee that thou art ane nippet man, sheerin' whare thou hestna sawn, an' getherin' whare thou hestna strinklet.

1875 N. Elliott Nellie Macpherson 165 As regards the langidge, ye maunna be ower nippet on that point.

1924 A. Dodd Poppies in Corn 33 Ye're naewise mean or nippit.

1935 D. Kirkwood My Life of Revolt 222 Philip Snowden's views were precise, narrow, and moulded by the immediate circumstances. The Scotsmen used to call him ‘nippet’.

1962 Buchan Observer 24 July 2 Nippet words an' soor ill-naiter Gart her man an' bairns behave!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nippit
释义	nippitadj. Brit. /ˈnɪpᵻt/, U.S. /ˈnɪpᵻt/, Scottish English /ˈnɪpᵻt/ Forms: pre-1700 1800s– nippit, 1800s– nippet, 1900s– nipet, 1900s– nippid (Shetland). Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: nipped adj. Etymology: Originally a variant of nipped adj., now distinguished in form in senses below. Scottish. 1. Of food or clothing: scanty, sparse, inadequate in size or measure. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > compressing or constricting > compressed or constricted compressedc1374 coarctate?a1475 nippit1535 comprimate?1541 coarctated1655 spanned1741 constricted1753 nipped1759 constrained1768 squeezed1831 pinched1836 scrunched1836 nipped1850 1535 D. Lindsay Satyre 150 Howbeit my coat be schort and nippit, Thankis be to God, I am weill hippit. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. A nippit dinner, a scanty one. 1847 R. Chambers Pop. Rhymes Scotl. 219 Nippit fit and clippit fit ahint the king rides, But pretty fit and little fit ahint the caldron hides. 1892 J. Service Notandums 77 The craturs would really divert ye wi'..their stiltit heels and nippit taes. 1911 A. Warrack Scots Dial. Dict. 380/2 Nippit,..short in size or weight; scanty; used of clothes: tight-fitting, pinched-in. 1930 Scots Mag. Jan. 274 Her nippit coats, her clippit heid, her fite though weel-faur't face. 2000 Scotl. on Sunday (Electronic ed.) 7 May My travelling companion was suffering from an embarrassing condition brought on by..those nippit wee Wham!-style shorts favoured by even the straight community that summer. 2. Of a person: miserly; narrow-minded; (also) bitter, sarcastic. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adjective] gnedec900 gripplea1000 fastOE narrow-hearteda1200 narrow?c1225 straitc1290 chinchc1300 nithinga1325 scarcec1330 clama1340 hard1340 scantc1366 sparingc1386 niggardc1400 chinchy?1406 retentivea1450 niggardousa1492 niggish1519 unliberal1533 pinching1548 dry1552 nigh1555 niggardly1560 churlish1566 squeamish1566 niggardish1567 niggard-like1567 holding1569 spare1577 handfast1578 envious1580 close-handed1585 hard-handed1587 curmudgeonly1590 parsimonious?1591 costive1594 hidebound1598 penny-pinching1600 penurious1600 strait-handed1600 club-fisted1601 dry-fisted1604 fast-handed1605 fast-fingered1607 close-fisted1608 near1611 scanting1613 carkingc1620 illiberal1623 clutch-fisteda1634 hideboundeda1640 clutch-fista1643 clunch-fisted1644 unbounteous1645 hard-fisted1646 purse-bound1652 close1654 stingy1659 tenacious1676 scanty1692 sneaking1696 gripe-handed1698 narrow-souled1699 niggardling1704 snippy1727 unindulgent1742 shabby1766 neargoinga1774 cheesemongering1781 split-farthing1787 save-all1788 picked1790 iron-fisted1794 unhandsome1800 scaly1803 nearbegoing1805 tight1805 nippit1808 nipcheese1819 cumin-splitting1822 partan-handed1823 scrimping1823 scrumptious1823 scrimpy1825 meanly1827 skinny1833 pinchfisted1837 mean1840 tight-fisted1843 screwy1844 stinty1849 cheeseparing1857 skinflinty1886 mouly1904 mingy1911 cheapskate1912 picey1937 tight-assed1961 chintzy1964 tightwad1976 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > caustic or ironic ridicule > [adjective] satiric1509 satirien1509 satiricala1529 ironical1536 dry1542 Lucianical1561 satirial1579 sardonian1586 ironized1596 sarcasmical1602 ironic1614 Sardinian?1615 sardoin1633 sardonic1638 sarcastical1641 sardan1649 sarcasmous1663 sarcastic1695 witty1700 sarcasmatical1716 caustic1771 nippit1808 Lucianic1820 sardonican1837 quippy1859 sardonical1859 quipsome1881 sarky1912 Lucianesque1969 the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adjective] > miserly gnedy?c1225 miserable1484 misera1500 muckeringa1525 pinchpence1540 snudging1553 pinchpenny1582 miserly1593 mising1595 scraping1597 chuff-penny1603 wretched1652 nabalitic1653 skinflint1737 nippit1808 Scrooge-like1976 the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > narrow-mindedness > [adjective] narrowed1599 narrow-minded1611 narrow1612 small1619 narrow1622 tub-brained1634 narrow-souled1641 narrow-spirited1645 narrow-compassed1647 illiberal1649 cat-witted1672 stingy1694 little-minded1707 straitened1712 unenlarged1741 contracted1765 one-eyed1779 unliberalized1793 nippit1808 small-minded1811 narrow-brained1835 narrow visioned1853 thin-minded1862 narrow-gauge1872 one-track1900 narrow-gutted1903 tunnel-visioned1968 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Nippit, adj. 1. Niggardly, parsimonious. 1814 C. I. Johnstone Saxon & Gaël I. ix. 121 Na, na, I ne'er liket to be nippit or pinging, gie me routhrie o' a'thing. 1856 H. S. Riddell Gospel St. Matthew xxv. 24 I kennet thee that thou art ane nippet man, sheerin' whare thou hestna sawn, an' getherin' whare thou hestna strinklet. 1875 N. Elliott Nellie Macpherson 165 As regards the langidge, ye maunna be ower nippet on that point. 1924 A. Dodd Poppies in Corn 33 Ye're naewise mean or nippit. 1935 D. Kirkwood My Life of Revolt 222 Philip Snowden's views were precise, narrow, and moulded by the immediate circumstances. The Scotsmen used to call him ‘nippet’. 1962 Buchan Observer 24 July 2 Nippet words an' soor ill-naiter Gart her man an' bairns behave! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1535
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