niggardy
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English nygardie; equivalent to niggard + -y.
Noun[edit]
niggardy (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Niggardliness.
- 1922, John McKenzie, Hindu Ethics: A Historical and Critical Essay, page 24:
- Likewise, greatly making thyself naked, thou fastenest on a person in dreams, O niggard, baffling the plan and design of a man.
Departure from the niggardy is praised : Thou hast left niggardy, hast found what is pleasant; […]
References[edit]
- “niggardy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.