scrooge

See also Scrooge

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From the character Ebenezer Scrooge in the Charles Dickens novel, A Christmas Carol.

Noun

scrooge (countable and uncountable; plural scrooges)

1. A miserly person; a person with an excessive dislike of spending money or other resources.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:miser

Translations

miserly person

• Czech: držgrešle (cs) m, skrblík (cs) m, lakomec (cs) m
• Finnish: kitupiikki (fi), saituri (fi)
• French: avare (fr) m and f, grigou (fr) m, harpagon (fr) m
• German: Geizhals (de) m, Geizkragen (de) m
• Polish: skąpiec (pl) m

• Portuguese: sovina (pt) m and f
• Russian: скупец (ru) (skupéc) m, скряга (ru) (skrjága) m and f
• Spanish: tacaño (es) m, roñoso (es) m
• Vilamovian: gȧjcwonst m, gȧjcwenst pl