niggardship

English

Etymology

From Middle English nigardshipe, nygartship, negardship, nygardschip, nygardschippe, equivalent to niggard +‎ -ship

Noun

niggardship (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Niggardliness; stinginess.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir T. Elyot to this entry?)

References

• “niggardship”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.