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, issue 2, page 41)
- […] but so far the girls have at the fatal moment renigged.
- 1897, Munsey's Magazine (volume 16, page 559)
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