Sekirov Dictionary

niggard

UK [ˈnɪɡəd]US [ˈnɪɡɚd]

adjective 2
noun 2
verb 1
forms 5

adjective2

Sparing; stinting; parsimonious.
Miserly or stingy.

noun2

•
A miser or stingy person; a skinflint.
- Then beautious nigard why doost thou abuse / The bountious largesse giuen thee to giue? — 1609
•
A false bottom in a grate, used for saving fuel.
- Cooking apparatus, adapted for an opening eight feet wide, by five feet high, and containing an open-fire roasting range, with sliding spit-racks and winding cheek or niggard — 1851

verb1

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To hoard; to act stingily.
- Within thine owne bud buriest thy content, / And tender chorle makst wast in niggarding: […] — 1609

forms

niggarded · niggarding · niggards · more niggard · most niggard

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