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| niggard | (n) a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend, Syn. scrooge, churl, skinflint |
| Niggard | n. [ Icel. hnöggr niggardly, stingy + -ard; cf. Sw. njugg, AS. hneáw. ] A person meanly stingy and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonious fellow; a miser. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] A penurious niggard of his wealth. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] Be niggards of advice on no pretense. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Niggard | a. Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Niggard | v. t. & i. To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Niggardise | n. Niggardliness. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Niggardish | a. Somewhat niggard. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Niggardliness | n. The quality or state of being niggard; meanness in giving or spending; parsimony; stinginess. [ 1913 Webster ] Niggardliness is not good husbandry. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Niggardly | a. Meanly covetous or avaricious in dealing with others; stingy; niggard. [ 1913 Webster ] Where the owner of the house will be bountiful, it is not for the steward to be niggardly. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Niggardly | adv. In a niggard manner. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Niggardness | n. Niggardliness. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Niggardous | a. Niggardly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Covetous gathering and niggardous keeping. Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Nigger { m } | nigger [Add to Longdo] |
