subs. (old).—1. A fool: see BUFFLE and CABBAGE-HEAD. Also NIKIN.—B. E. (c. 1696); COLES (1724).
1755. JOHNSON, A Dictionary of the English Language, s.v. NI’ZY [from niais]. A dunce; a simpleton. A low word.
c. 1755. ANONYMOUS [quoted by JOHNSON].
| True critics laugh, and bid the trifling NIZY | |
| Go read Quintilian. |
2. (old).—A coxcomb.—B. E. (c. 1696).
