NIGGARD

niggard, skinflint, scrooge, churl

(noun) a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

niggard (comparative more niggard, superlative most niggard)

Sparing; stinting; parsimonious.

Miserly or stingy.

Noun

niggard (plural niggards)

A miser or stingy person; a skinflint.

A false bottom in a grate, used for saving fuel.

Synonyms

• (miser or stingy person): See also miser

Verb

niggard (third-person singular simple present niggards, present participle niggarding, simple past and past participle niggarded)

(intransitive) To hoard; to act stingily.

Usage notes

• This word is unrelated to the racial slur nigger (a corruption of the Spanish word negro (“black”)), but some in the United States have taken offense at the word's use due to the phonetic similarity between the words.

Synonyms

• See also amass

Anagrams

• draggin', garding, grading

Source: Wiktionary


Nig"gard, n. Etym: [Icel. hnöggr niggardly, stingy + -ard; cf. Sw. njugg, AS. hneáw.]

Definition: A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser. Chaucer. A penurious niggard of his wealth. Milton. Be niggards of advice on no pretense. Pope.

Nig"gard, a.

Definition: Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy.

Nig"gard, v. t. & i.

Definition: To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly. [R.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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