different between niger vs scissorbill

English

Etymology

From the name of the Niger River, from Latin Nigris. See further etymology at Niger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?na?d???(?)/

Noun

niger (uncountable)

1. An Ethiopian herb, Guizotia abyssinica, grown for its seed and edible oil.

   Synonyms: noog, noug, nug

References

• “Niger, n.2.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2003

Anagrams

• Grein, Negri, Reign, nigre, re-nig, reign, renig, ringe

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *nók?ts (“night”). Cognate of Umbrian niru (accusative case) possibly "dark, black".

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ni.?er/, [?n???r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ni.d??er/, [?ni?d???r]

Adjective

niger (feminine nigra, neuter nigrum, superlative nigerrimus); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. wan, shining black (as opposed to ?ter, dull black)

   Nigrum in candida vertere.

   To turn black into white.

2. bad; evil; ill-omened

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Synonyms

• (black): fuscus

Antonyms

• (shining white): candidus

Derived terms

• nigellus
• nigritia
• subniger

Descendants

See also

References

• niger in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• niger in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• niger in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• niger in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• niger in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English nigger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nî?er/
• Hyphenation: ni?ger

Noun

n?ger m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. (slang, derogatory) nigger

Declension

Synonyms

• cr?nac

References

• “niger” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Swedish

Verb

niger

1. present of niga

Anagrams

• Inger, inger, regin, ringe

English

Etymology

scissor +? bill

Pronunciation

Noun

scissorbill (plural scissorbills)

1. (now rare) Synonym of skimmer: birds of the genus Rynchops.
2. (US, archaic) Synonym of razorback: a variety of pig.
3. (US, derogatory) A fool, an incompetent; a yokel, a hick.
4. (IWW slang, derogatory, archaic) A foolish worker who lacks class consciousness and opposes unions; also, a company man, a drone, .

Translations

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "scissorbill, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2014.
• Scissorbill, in Dictionary of American Regional English by Joan Houston Hall. Harvard University Press: 2002, Page 786.