niggard

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A miser or stingy person; a skinflint

All his pleasures were social; and while health and fortune smiled upon him, he was no niggard either of his time or talents to those who needed them.

Miserly or stingy

is heart swelled within him, as he sat at the head of his own table, on the occasion of the house-warming, dispensing with no niggard hand the gratuitous viands and unlimited beer, which were at once to symbolise and inaugurate the hospitality of his mansion.

{a} sordid, mean
{v} to stint, bound confine
{n} a miser
Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy
a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonious fellow; a miser
{i} stingy person, miser
To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly
niggardly
In a parsimonious way; sparingly, stingily

because many families are compelled to live niggardly, exhaust and undone by great dowers, none shall be given at all, or very little .

niggardly
Withholding for the sake of meanness; stingy, miserly

This manifests itself in an implacable tendency to provide an opulent supply of some things and a niggardly yield of others.

niggardly
stingy. (no longer acceptable to use)
niggardliness
{n} meanness, covetousness
niggardly
{a} sordid, mean
niggardly
{a} sordidly, meanly, sparingly
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The quality or state of being niggard; meanness in giving or spending; parsimony; stinginess
niggardliness
{i} stinginess; cheapness
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The state of being niggardly
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petty in giving or spending; "a niggardly tip"
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disapproval If you describe someone as niggardly, you are criticizing them because they do not give or provide much of something. Officials say the EU, which is supposed to provide most of the food needs, is being particularly niggardly. a niggardly supply of hot water. generous
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In a niggard manner
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Withholding for the sake of meanness
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Meanly covetous or avaricious in dealing with others; stingy; niggard
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in a stingy or cheap manner
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plural of niggard
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    Silbentrennung

    nig·gard

    Aussprache

    Etymologie

    () Derived from the Old Norse verb nigla, meaning "to fuss about small matters". Cognate to the English word "niggle", which retains the original Norse meaning.
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