Definition of Niggle. Meaning of Niggle. Synonyms of Niggle

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Definition of Niggle

Niggle
Niggle Nig"gle, v. t. 1. To trifle or play. Take heed, daughter, You niggle not with your conscience and religion. --Massinger. 2. To act or walk mincingly. [Prov. Eng.] 3. To fret and snarl about trifles. [Prov. Eng.]
Niggle
Niggle Nig"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Niggled; p. pr. & vb. n. Niggling.] [Dim. of Prov. E. nig to clip money; cf. also Prov. E. nig a small piece.] To trifle with; to deceive; to mock. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
Niggle
Niggle Nig"gle, v. t. 1. To use, spend, or do in a petty or trifling manner. 2. To elaborate excessively, as in art.
Niggle
Niggle Nig"gle, v. i. (Chiefly Eng.) 1. To move about restlessly or without result; to fidget. 2. To be finicky or excessively critical; to potter; esp., to work with excessive care for trifling details, as in painting.

Meaning of Niggle from wikipedia

- "Leaf by Niggle" is a short story written by J. R. R. Tolkien in 1938–39 and first published in the Dublin Review in January 1945. It can be found, most...
- Niggles may refer to: A symptom of decompression sickness "Leaf by Niggle", a short story by J. R. R. Tolkien This disambiguation page lists articles...
- by Niggle" (originally published in the Dublin Review in 1945). Tree and Leaf was the first publication in which On Fairy-Stories and Leaf by Niggle became...
- and Leaf by Niggle in book form) 1966 The Tolkien Reader (The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son, On Fairy-Stories, Leaf by Niggle, Farmer Giles...
- Niggly/Growling Swallet cave system (JF-237), Tasmania is the deepest cave Australia. Part of the extensive Junee-Florentine karst area near Mt Field National...
- a lecture, delivered in 1939 at the University of St. Andrews. “Leaf by Niggle,” first published in 1945, is a short story that Tolkien wrote to accompany...
- Other works included Mr. Bliss and Roverandom (for children), and Leaf by Niggle (part of Tree and Leaf), The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, Smith of Wootton...
- ← Preceded by Leaf by Niggle Followed by → Farmer Giles of Ham...
- cosmogony. Tolkien's 1964 Tree and Leaf combines the allegorical tale Leaf by Niggle and his essay On Fairy-Stories. In The Lord of the Rings, the White Tree...
- in the story "Leaf by Niggle" which Tolkien wrote at the same time as the first nine chapters of The Lord of the Rings. Niggle is a painter struggling...