nigel
/ˈnaɪd͡ʒəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A male given name from Latin, of mostly British usage.
name
A small mining town in Ekurhuleni municipality, Gauteng province, South Africa.
Example Sentences
- "'I thought, sir,' answered Nigel, with as much haughtiness as was consistent with the cool distance he desired to preserve, 'I thought I had told you, my name was Nigel Grahame.' His eminence of Whitefriars on this burst into a loud, chuckling, impudent laugh, repeating the word, till his voice was almost inarticulate, - 'Niggle Green - Niggle Green - Niggle Green! why, my lord, you would be queered in the drinking of a penny pot of Malmsey, if you cry before you are touched.'"
- "It might come as some small comfort to Nigel Farage to discover that it’s not just those on his side of the Brexit debate who have fallen victim to potential ‘debanking’."
- "He's such a Nigel, hanging around in the library all day by himself."