Meaning of NIGGARDLINESS
| Pronunciation: | | n'igurdleenus
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| | Definition: | | [n] extreme stinginess |
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| | Synonyms: | | closeness, meanness, minginess, niggardness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, tightfistedness, tightness |
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| | See Also: | | miserliness, pettiness, stinginess | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Nig"gard*li*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being niggard; meanness in giving or
spending; parsimony; stinginess.
Niggardliness is not good husbandry. --Addison.
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