stingy person, miser
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Niggard Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t. & i.)
To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly.
To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly.
(n.)
A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser.
A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser.
(a.)
Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutLike a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy.
niggard
\nig"gard\ (?), n. [icel. hn?ggr niggardly, stingy + -ard; cf. sw. njugg, as. hne?w.] a person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser. a penurious niggard of his wealth. be niggards of advice on no pretense.
niggard
\nig"gard\, a. like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy.
niggard
\nig"gard\, v. t. & i. to act the niggard toward; to be niggardly. [r.]
Crin = a. brittle, fragile; niggard
Crintachwr = n. a niggard
Cybydd = n. a miser, a niggard
Noun
1. a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
(synonym) skinflint, scrooge, churl
(hypernym) hoarder
(hyponym) pinchgut
Niggard Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
In the United States, there have been several controversies concerning the word "niggardly," an adjective meaning "stingy" or "miserly," due to its phonetic similarity to the racial slur "nigger." The two words are etymologically unrelated.
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