renig
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See also: re-nig
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Originally a misspelling of renege
Verb
[edit]renig (third-person singular simple present renigs, present participle renigging, simple past and past participle renigged)
- (US, colloquial, dated) To renege.
- 1897, Munsey's Magazine, volume 16, page 559:
- My partner held the winning trick, and when the last card was on the board the score stood four to four. […] [T]he next gentleman will kindly follow suit — there is no renigging in this game — and the gentleman on my right will do the same.
- 1900, William Hardcastle Browne, Odd Derivations of Words, Phrases, Slang, Synonyms and Proverbs:
- […] cutting, shuffling, playing, revoking, discarding, renigging.
- 1916, Phi Alpha Gamma Quarterly, volume 15, number 2, page 41:
- […] but so far the girls have at the fatal moment renigged.
References
[edit]- OED 2nd edition 1989
Anagrams
[edit]Old English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]rēniġ
- Alternative form of reġniġ
Declension
[edit]Declension of rēniġ — Strong
Declension of rēniġ — Weak