† ninguid, adj.
[‘ Snowy; covered in snow.’]
Forms: ningid, ninguid.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin ninguidus (also ningidus) snowy, covered in snow (late 4th cent.) < classical Latin ninguis snow (cognate with snow n.1) + -idus -id suffix1.
Obs. rare—0.
Snowy; covered in snow.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia, Ningid or Ninguid, where much Snow is.
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