English

Noun

nig ‎(plural nigs)

1. (archaic) niggard

Usage notes

• This word is unrelated to the racial epithet nigger (a corruption of the Spanish word negro ‎(“black”)).

Etymology 2

Short for nigger.

Noun

nig ‎(plural nigs)

1. (offensive, ethnic slur) nigger
   • 1959, Don Robertson, The three days

     He always thought one step ahead of the nigs.

   • 1961, Robert Hale Strong, A Yankee private's Civil War

     In a field near the house was a nigger working a poor old broken-down mule and another nigger sowing wheat. When we came up, both nigs quit work and stared at us.

   • 1967, Frank Hercules, I want a black doll

     What part did she play in your marrying a nig — a black man — nig, nig — Negro?

Anagrams

• gin, ing

Volapük

Noun

nig ‎(plural nigs)

1. ink

Declension

Derived terms

• nigiär

Yapese

Noun

nig

1. fish