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nithered

UK/ˈnɪðəd/

nithered adjective: very cold; shrivelled with cold.

Adjective

nithered (comparative more nithered, superlative most nithered)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) Very cold; shrivelled with cold.
    • I did spend a couple o' nights out in the open but I got so bloody nithered I couldn't sleep. I daren't sleep any road, 'cause it were that bloody cold...1985, Sheelagh Kelly, A long way from heaven
    • ‘You'll be warm enough.’
      ‘I bloody won't. I'm nithered now.’1993, Pat Barker, The Eye in the Door (The Regeneration Trilogy), Penguin, published 2014, page 344

Forms of nithered

comparativemore nithered
superlativemost nithered

Origin of nithered

From nither + -ed.

Questions about nithered

What does nithered mean?
Nithered means very cold; shrivelled with cold.
What part of speech is nithered?
Nithered is an adjective.
How do you pronounce nithered?
Nithered is pronounced /ˈnɪðəd/ (UK).

Words near nithered in the dictionary

  1. nitespot
  2. nitespots
  3. nitgrass
  4. Nith
  5. nither
  6. nithered
  7. nithering
  8. nithermore
  9. nithermost
  10. nithers
  11. nithing

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