Meaning of NIGGARD
| Pronunciation: | | 'nigurd
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| | Definition: | | [n] a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend |
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| | Synonyms: | | churl, scrooge, skinflint |
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| | See Also: | | hoarder, pinchgut | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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