NIGGARDED

Verb

niggarded

simple past tense and past participle of niggard

Anagrams

• degrading

Source: Wiktionary


NIGGARD

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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