About The Word Niggard
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Niggard
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What's The Definition Of Niggard?
[n] a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
Synonyms | Synonyms for Niggard: churl | scrooge | skinflint Related Terms | Find terms related to Niggard: cheapskate | cheeseparing | churl | close | curmudgeon | grudging | mean | mingy | miser | miserly | muckworm | niggardly | penny pincher | penny-pinching | penurious | pinchfist | pinchgut | pinchpenny | save-all | scrooge | shabby | Silas Marner | skinflint | sordid | stiff | tight | tightwad Niggard In Webster's Dictionary \Nig"gard\, n. [Icel. hn["o]ggr niggardly, stingy +
-ard; cf. Sw. njugg, AS. hne['a]w.]
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. Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy. \Nig"gard\, v. t. & i. To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly. [R.] --Shak. |
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