nithered
English
Etymology
From nither + -ed.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnɪðəd/
Adjective
nithered (comparative more nithered, superlative most nithered)
- (Scotland, Northern England) Very cold; shrivelled with cold. [from 17th c.]
- 1985, Sheelagh Kelly, A long way from heaven:
- 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...
- 1993, Pat Barker, The Eye in the Door, Penguin 2014 (The Regeneration Trilogy), p. 344:
- ‘You'll be warm enough.’
- ‘I bloody won't. I'm nithered now.’
- 2003, Howard Peach, Curious Tales of Old North Yorkshire:
- Talk About Nithered! In several severe winters - 1739, 1880, 1963 - the Hardraw waterfall at Hawes had become a giant icicle, just under 100 feet long.
- 2004, Ken McCoy, Jacky Boy:
- I'm fair nithered, sat sittin' here in this bloody draught.
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Anagrams
- in the red