Nĭdġ'et, n.

n. [Written also nigget, nigeot.] [Fr. nigaud, nigauld, a booby, simpleton, fool, from O. Fr. niger, to play the fool, to trifle, from Lat. nugari, to trifle, play the fool, from nugæ, silly things, trifles, nonsense.] A fool; an idiot; a coward; dastard. [Obs.] Camden.