👉 In linguistics, a "nitidous" word is one that has a single syllable and is easily recognized by people who are familiar with its meaning. It can be used to describe words that have a similar meaning but are less commonly used in everyday speech or writing. For example, the word "night" (lit. "night") has two syllables and is commonly used as a noun, while "naked" (lit. "naked"), which has only one syllable
