noun, feminine/njɛl/plural: nielles
corncockle; blight, ear cockle
Inherited from Late Latin nigella, substantivization of the feminine of Latin nigellus (“blackish”).
/njɛl/
corncockle; blight, ear cockle
Inherited from Late Latin nigella, substantivization of the feminine of Latin nigellus (“blackish”).
niello
Related: nielleur
Often considered a borrowing from Italian niello (from Latin nigellus), but may also reflect a deverbal of nieller, inherited from the same Latin source, perhaps nevertheless influenced in its spelling by Italian.