Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
STINGY
meager, meagre, meagerly, stingy, scrimpy
(adjective) deficient in amount or quality or extent; “meager resources”; “meager fare”
stingy, ungenerous
(adjective) unwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.); “she practices economy without being stingy”; “an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
stingy (comparative stingier, superlative stingiest)
Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean
Small, scant, meager, insufficient
Usage notes
Use of "stingy of" was about as common as use of "stingy with" until about 1900 but became much less common by and since 1920.
Synonyms
• See also stingy
Etymology 2
Adjective
stingy (comparative stingier, superlative stingiest)
Stinging; able to sting.
Anagrams
• Yingst, stying, tyings
Source: Wiktionary
Sting"y, a.
Definition: Stinging; able to sting.
Stin"gy, a. [Compar. Stingier; superl. Stingiest.] Etym: [Probably from sting, and meaning originally, stinging; hence, biting, nipping (of the wind), churlish, avaricious; or cf. E. skinch.]
Definition: Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl. A stingy, narrow-hearted fellow that had a deal of choice fruit, had not the heart to touch it till it began to be rotten. L'estrange.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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