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niggard


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Niggard  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Niggard  \Nig"gard\,  a. 
  Like  a  niggard;  meanly  covetous  or  parsimonious;  niggardly; 
  miserly;  stingy. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Niggard  \Nig"gard\,  v.  t.  &  i. 
  To  act  the  niggard  toward;  to  be  niggardly.  [R.]  --Shak. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  niggard 
  n  :  a  selfish  person  who  is  unwilling  to  give  or  spend  [syn:  {skinflint}, 
  {scrooge},  {grabber},  {churl}] 




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