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noun, feminine

nique

/nik/

noun, feminine/nik/plural: niques

A small thing.

Related: pique-nique

Inherited from Middle French nique, from Old French nic, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *hnukēn, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hnukāną (“to be bent, wrinkle”), similar to Swedish nyck (“whim, fancy”).