ETYMOLOGY
of obscure formation: possibly a blend of nidiot and nodcock (a fool, a simpleton)
EXAMPLE
“…And as touching implements for warre, they were neuer such fond niddicockes, as to offer anie man a rod to beat their owne tailes, or to betake their mastiues vnto the custodie of the woolues, maruelling much that their capteine would so farre ouershoot himselfe, as to be taken with such apparent repugnancie….”
From: R. Holinshed’s Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1577
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