niggardy

English

Etymology

niggard +‎ -y

Noun

niggardy (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Niggardliness.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

   • '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

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